Word: paged
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last week, the 23rd Super Bowl--XXIII to Latin students--seemed ready to sink in the swamp of current events. Riot-torn Miami, not Joe Robbie Stadium and its ensemble of players and coaches, drew front-page headlines this week...
...most disturbing news in the 679-page report was the assertion that smoking has exacted a heavier toll in death and disease than had previously been thought. Among the findings...
...cultural curriculum on all Americans by staking a populist claim to universal education and patriotism. To Hirsch, it is not enough that all children learn how to read; he believes true functional literacy requires a particular back-ground of factual information, which he proceeds to outline in his 600-page, 23-chapter tome. Despite his protestations against labels of academic elitism, however, his arguments are hardly geared to the masses...
...wish W.H. Auden and Charles Schulz's Peanuts had made the list.) I'm not trying to harp on his errors. (Although the good citizens of Tallahassee will be thrilled to note that Jacksonville is listed as the capital of Florida.) But we must be wary of a 600-page list of information with an implicit message that says "You must read me." Perhaps knowledge is power, but is that knowledge confined to the superficial identifications E.D. Hirsch finds important? We should keep in mind another educational truism: "A little learning can be a dangerous thing...
...addition to topping the national polls (see story, page 1), the Harvard men's hockey team is dominating the ECAC standings and statistics...