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...right, of course, about the third alternative, and a very sensible one it is—working out some system of fooling the grader, although I think I should prefer the word “impressing.” We admit to being impressionable, but not to being hypercredulous simps. His first two tactics for system-beating, his Vague Generalities and Artful Equivocation, seem to presume the latter, and are only going to convince Crimson-reading graders (there are a few and we tell our friends) that the time has come to tighten the screws just a bit more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/14/2005 | See Source »

...social board, an expanded version of the current Campus Life Committee (CLC), would include five popularly-elected representatives from each class as well as members of groups such as the Crimson Key Society. This change prompted criticism from some council members who said they prefer having equal representation from each House...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mahan Proposes Revamping Council | 1/10/2005 | See Source »

...opposition he is probably more troublesome than the hawks." Outside his ornate office at Palazzo Chigi, the Prime Minister's headquarters, Letta flashes his Cheshire cat smile at TIME's request for an interview, citing a long-held decision to never speak publicly about policy: "I prefer to work back in the kitchen," he says. "There's no need to come out to the dining room." Still, Letta is not publicity-shy; he agreed to be photographed, and during breaks in the photo shoot, he displays his knack for cordial conversation without ever breaking his no-comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Silvio's Lucky Charm | 1/9/2005 | See Source »

...prefer to work back in the kitchen. There's no need to come out to the dining room

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Silvio's Lucky Charm | 1/9/2005 | See Source »

...didn't want at all to do something realistic,? says David B. ?I was not interested in making a reconstruction of the events. I prefer to tell my feelings." Born Pierre-Francois Beauchard near Orleans, France in 1959, and now living in Paris, Beauchard began working on "Epileptic" in 1996 and didn't finish until 2003. "I thought about it for twenty years. I didn't know how to draw it or tell it," he says. Eventually Beauchard began writing and publishing "Epileptic" as individual chapters. "I went chapter by chapter. I imagined an end when I started...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Metaphorically Speaking | 1/7/2005 | See Source »

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