Word: pilings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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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 became 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 thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have...
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 to say." (A.E.) Now one such might...
...when Limbaugh praises the media, the media should check the clips. Yes, the amount of money sucked up during the latest campaign is revolting, reminiscent of the days of envelopes stuffed with cash. And that a pile of it came from Indonesians gives an old subject new life. But there's something terribly out of whack when three major newspapers base breathless exposes on a March 9, 1993, letter to the President from Mochtar Riady that gives his views on foreign policy, including normalizing relations with Vietnam (which George Bush had begun) and getting President Suharto of Indonesia invited...
...gotten his application. He seemed surprised by my question but politely directed me to the windowsill at the front of the room. Walking towards the stack of handouts, I felt a disproportionate number of eyes following my progress. As I lifted a packet off the top of the pile, I understood...
...prosecutors were worried that introducing the tale of Simpson's slow-speed Bronco chase would open the door to testimony about a grief-stricken and suicidal husband, Simpson will now be called to account for those hours--and for the fact that he carried with him a disguise, a pile of cash and his passport...