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...country’s most respected and popular lecturers and activists—into a career comprised of truth-seeking and story-telling. Zinn started out as a shipyard worker and joined the Air Force at 21. Later, he began to ask himself “troubling questions?? about the war, and soon became involved in the southern civil rights movement. His People’s History of the United States has become a bestseller for its unique perspective on American praxis. Zinn tells the story not of the winners of history, but of the oppressed, the mistreated...
There is a third method of dealing with examination questions??that is by the use of an overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it was pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter of fact, it wasn’t obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point form which to start. This is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
...degree among his students, usually as a trait that is more pronounced in males due to their need to prove a certain degree of manliness. (Note: see the professor’s upcoming book.) Mansfield said he tends to approach more quiet students by asking them more simple questions??where they are from or what they watch on television. He also tries to tell them jokes. Once students feel comfortable, he said, usually their intelligence takes over and they are eager to share their ideas. This comfort, then, allows for the relationship to be rewarding for both parties...
...decision not to keep libraries open round the clock. Regardless, it is not a tour guide’s role to offer opinions on policies about which there are a diversity of views. We welcome the “puzzled applicant’s most profound questions?? and we answer them honestly. Do we portray Harvard in a positive light? Yes. Are we disingenuous or bent on sugarcoating our responses...
Gusmorino said he hopes council members—if they do not know specific answers to constituents’ questions??will be sure to refer the constituent to someone who does...