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Today is Friday the 13th, a date forever associated with bad luck and sociopathic hockey players named Jason. In these highly rational times, few take serious note of such superstitious occasions. Sure there is a general awareness, but few business meetings have been rescheduled for fear of offending the spirits. I, however, am a close observer of Lady Fortune, and I fear Friday the 13th. I fear it because I am a gambler...
Critics of the tenure process often note thehigh rate of turnover among junior faculty indepartment such as English...
...fact remains that the crossword is different (read: worse) than it was in the 1996-97 school year. It's much easier (certainly able to be completed in less than half a lecture) and often poorly formatted, as Friday's oversized-box blunder demonstrates. It's interesting to note that Joshua Kaufman's column singing the praises of the illustrious crossword ("Viva la Crossword," Feb. 5) made certain to delineate that he was referring to the New York Times Crossword only. All crossword-lovers will agree that the Times crossword is the superior choice; perhaps we could enjoy a well...
...instruction have taught millions of toddlers worldwide a new mother tongue, classical music; in Tokyo. Putting his techniques into widespread practice in the 1950s, Suzuki coached his tiny pupils to memorize Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and, later, Mozart's concertos--without their necessarily being able to read a note...
...Back in New York, Lewinsky takes writing test at Burson-Marsteller, but does badly and sends ungrammatical thank-you note...