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...also believes that science fiction can train students to better understand the nuances of what they read, whatever the genre. “Part of learning to read attentively is learning to pick up on those signals a text gives out about what you should expect, so you can see when that text and its language violate those expectations,” Burt says. Originality, in other words, is only perceptible if the reader knows what conventions have been broken...

Author: By Yair Rosenberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Taking Sci Fi Into the Classroom | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...Pick-Up Artist

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: BEST OF THE DECADE 2000-2009 | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...Over the past few games, we’ve been coming out with a slow start and picking things up after the first period,” Kessler said. “We know that with Minnesota, we can’t wait until midway through the game to pick it up. We have to go out strong...

Author: By Alexa I Stern, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No. 2 Minnesota To Test Crimson at Home | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

When first elected to The Crimson Arts Board, I was asked for my favorite pick-up line. Ask me the same question now, and my answer is slightly, but significantly, different...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, Jeffrey W. Feldman, Ama R. Francis, Jessica R. Henderson, Joshua J. Kearney, Eunice Y. Kim, Chris R. Kingston, Ali R. Leskowitz, Beryl C.D. Lipton, Monica S. Liu, Ryan J. Meehan, Antonia M.R. Peacocke, Erika P. Pierson, Bram A. Strochlic, Mark A. VanMiddlesworth, and Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Editor's Picks 2009 | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

...Caucasus emirate he proclaimed in 2007, is now waging a terrorist campaign to turn at least six regions into a new, independent state governed by radical Islamic law. Up to now, his methods have focused on localized guerrilla warfare, sending suicide bombers or gunmen to hit police targets or pick off officials from the Kremlin-backed regional governments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Behind Russia's Deadly Train Blast | 12/3/2009 | See Source »

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