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...were—and continue to be—more than just rodents, adorable yet problematic: they were tufted meta-metaphors of the act of writing itself. To understand more precisely the way(s) in which Steinbeck’s use of the rabbit-as-metaphor eclipses the rabbit qua rabbit, or even as reified rodent—furry symbol of proliferation—let us consider more closely Lennie’s appeal to George: “Tell me ’bout the rabbits.…” This single poignant remark is nothing less...

Author: By Madeleine S. Elfenbein, | Title: Old Rabbits Die Hard | 5/19/2003 | See Source »

...attends your garage sale, you must eat her eggplant. From Boccacio to Baio, all the most essential player-qua-pimps know this...

Author: By Jacob Rubin, | Title: How To Get Play At Harvard College | 5/1/2003 | See Source »

Thus, although undergraduates may come here for a Harvard education and faculty may come here to work with the best scholars in their field, Harvard administrators never lose sight of the fact that good jobs--or the prospect of such jobs--are a sine qua non for both groups...

Author: By Barbara Reskin, | Title: Bad Jobs at Harvard | 3/23/2001 | See Source »

...problem is in the design of the game qua game. The two major modes, career and arcade, are exactly identical - literally exactly the same races, except that career mode has much stricter requirements for completion. So strict, in fact, that I predict you will not complete it. And why bother, since the prizes of bizarro cars are all available through the arcade mode anyway? The races also get repetitive, especially because many are so difficult you must do them over and over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Make Money in Video Games | 2/2/2001 | See Source »

...time in the fall, Al should have campaigned with Bill on the issues and sent Bill out to preach the gospel of Al. Doesn't the Tennessean realize that if the Rhodes scholar were to run again, he would easily defeat his veep and W.? The most successful politician qua politician of our day, Bill still gets 60 percent approval ratings, as if the Gallup Poll keeps on questioning the same pool. Al failed to use his lame-duck boss to the best of his advantage, a boss who would have zealously leapt at the opportunity to see more...

Author: By Robert J. Saranchak, | Title: Gore's Election to Lose | 12/15/2000 | See Source »

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