Word: oneself
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...never quite imagine people younger than oneself having a plausibly magical song of their own. It is a trick of age and generational perspective. Parents believe that the songs their children cherish, far from amassing rich emotional associations, are merely destroying brain cells. The workings of special songs are necessarily subjective, and they promote a kind of hubris. Still, even allowing for that effect, it is sometimes hard to imagine what private anthems will arise from, say, punk or new wave music. Are there couples now that will for years grow mistily tender when they hear a ditty by Meat...
...main difficulty with a Special Concentration is lack of departmental resources. One's "department" consists of only oneself and a faculty advisor, who is responsible for the bureaucracy of the program but not necessarily for its instruction. Thus, the student must also locate tutors, advisors, and thesis readers (in the honors option) willing to lend their time and energy. Physiological psychology has recently asserted itself as a well-paved alternate track, but students attempting other innovations are usually not so lucky. Often, finding anyone qualified in a special area is difficult enough without also having to beg them...
...books simply because they seem a little self-righteous. Their very existence implies ignorance of boorishness on the part of the reader, as if to say, "You don't realize the child's talent, but here is overwhelming evidence to throw in your face. " The impulse is to brace oneself for the challenge prepare to read the most astonishing and brilliant verse ever written by a child...
...about time someone called attention to the negative interview style [Jan. 17]. It has become chic to put down another writer in order to make oneself look better, which is what James Conaway of the Washington Post did in his interview with Willie Morris...
...hinted offers and provide their own aid to students rendered ineligible for federal assistance. While schools that do so--one that has come forward is Swarthmore--are to be lauded, a highly unfair situation will result if, for non-registrants, applying to certain schools becomes tantamount to turning oneself...