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...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up we decide C- (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D’s. Consider C- a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn’t thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. “Locke is a transitional figure.” “The whole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/16/2004 | See Source »

Artful equivocations are even worse; lynx-eyed sly little rascals that we are, we see right through them. (Up to exam 40. Then our lynx eyes droop, and grading habits relax. Try to get on the bottom of the pile.) Again, it is not that A.E.s are vicious or ludicrous as such; but in quantity they become sheer madness. Or induce it. “The 20th century has never recovered from the effects of Marx and Freud.” (V.G.); “But whether or not this is a good thing or a bad thing is difficult...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/16/2004 | See Source »

...never seen anything like it. Bam is literally a rubble pile." BILL GARVELINK, head of a humanitarian team for the U.S. Agency for International Development, on Iran's earthquake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim: Jan. 12, 2004 | 1/12/2004 | See Source »

...never seen anything like it. Bam is literally a rubble pile." Bill Garvelink, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development's rescue team, on the earthquake that killed at least 30,000 in Iran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 1/5/2004 | See Source »

...were scared out of your stocks during the bear market, no doubt it's time to suit up again. This recovery is real. But it's far too late to pile in indiscriminately. Tobias Levkovich, a U.S.-market strategist at Smith Barney, figures the major stock averages will end the coming year flat or slightly lower as investors wait for the economy to catch up with stock prices. That's no sure thing, given that the stimulative effect of lower taxes and falling interest rates will run its course early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money: The Bulls Of 2004? | 12/29/2003 | See Source »

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