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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...
...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...
...almost 50% from the prior year. More troubling to Wall Street was that Kodak, citing the soft outlook, backed away from its previous forecasts for the second half of the year. "These are my picture takers that companies are laying off," Carp told analysts. Kodak is adding to the pile too. As part of its streamlining, the company will cut 3,000 or so jobs from an already depleted workforce. As Carp put it, "I think we're a bit in the eye of a storm...
...have never been to France, I have never spoken with Actustar magazine and have never said any of the alleged statements," reads a message on Slater's website. Whoever is at fault, Cruise's lawyer Bert Fields sounds like a man sitting atop one-third of a big pile of cash: "We're still trying to figure out the facts, but if [Slater's] denial turns out to be the truth, we're really going after that magazine." Please, someone call...
...Wednesday, even Samaria was gone. So was the trash pile. Armed with rakes and shovels, landscape crews were preparing to spray green “hydro mulch” on the patches of dead grass...