Word: reasonlies
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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George III Kept His Head Re your account of the Reign of Terror [April 23]: perhaps the reason the "American Revolution was a notable exception" to the usual postwar "period of vengeance and terror" is that it was not a revolution. To be a revolution, an armed rebellion must overthrow the central government and replace it with a new system of government. The Americans successfully established a republic not by overthrowing a government but by kicking out a colonial administration. George III kept his head, and Lord North lived to see the early stages of the French Revolution...
...barely enough to fill a quarter of the tank of a compact car at today's prices. "I've had this car washed four times in six days," reported Fred Tyler as he stood beside a dripping Mercedes 280 on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. His reason: the Santa Palm car wash will sell five gallons of gas to anyone who will also pay $3.49 for a cleaning...
...Council's solution addresses only the superficial issue of abuse of the medical excuse option. It fails to tackle the underlying reason for the trend: increasing grade anxiety among students, especially those competing for admission to professional schools. Marking transcripts will not ease pre-professional pressures, but instead only add to the worries of students...
...Council argues the policy will not hurt any student who is genuinely ill, because a senior tutor could explain the reason for a medical excuse in a letter appended to a student's transcript. But often the reasons behind a sick-out--though legitimate--are not as simply explained as a broken leg or German Measles. Undergraduates who ask for excuses because of personal problems or serious mental distress might not want to advertise these private matters in a letter that will go into their permanent University record...
...authors caution that if this and other applications seem suspect, that is not a justifiable reason for dismissing catastrophe theory altogether. The theory's lasting acceptance may have to await the development of mathematical techniques permitting more extensive applications and better predictions. Just as Newton's mechanics did not receive immediate acclaim, they maintain, neither should catastrophe theory's dubious reputation at present be seen as a sign of its ultimate success or failure...