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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Teaching fellows in the experimental program said they emphasize revision. Many said they have students outline their work after it is completed to find organizational faults, while others rely on in-class writing exercises. Braverman said that since the one course he was a section leader for had no paper, he would spend time in section teaching students how to write for exams...

Author: By Ross G. Forman, | Title: Graduate Writing Fellows Program Promotes Organization, Revision | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...dial a phone number. You can flip a coin 2.3 times. You can pour enough milk for your cereal or try to write the concluding sentence of a paper that's due in five minutes. You could also run a red light. Or even think 4.1 thoughts...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icemen Headed for a Garden Party | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Witt, who aspires to an acting career, thrived on the attention. Thomas, on the other hand, tried to deflect publicity, stating repeatedly -- and as it turned out, correctly -- that it was ridiculous to speak of the competition as if it involved only two skaters. "Every time I open the paper, they're trying to make this thing between me and Katarina," she said. "It bugs me. We're just two people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skating: Katarina Witt took her golden place | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...playing it cool. Sure, two weeks ago the Engineers put toilet paper all over the Crimson's front yard. Sure, they dialed the Harvard had Prince Albert...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Crimson Riding Road of Revenge | 3/4/1988 | See Source »

...little things nag at me. The person on my floor freshman year that took six showers a day, for instance. I didn't see a need to berate him about his actions at the time, even though the constant steam was causing ceiling tiles to fall and toilet paper to become water-logged. I was able to understand that he somehow always needed...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: A Freudian Interpretation of Harvard Life | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

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