Word: sic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...authors provoke sharp skepticism by repeatedly citing in the book's narrative section examples of Jewish rebel-speak from the mouths of a handful of the more clownish, and often more violent SDSers. Jerry Rubin: "I know [being Jewish] made me feel like a minority or outsider in America (sic.) from my birth and helped me become a revolutionary." And Abbie Hoffman (presumably on radical Jewish impotence): "Fidel [Castro] sits on the side of a tank rumbling into Havana on New Year's day... The tank stops in the city square. Fidel lets the gun drop to the ground, slaps...
...writer, Adam S. Cohen, twisted the truth. I do agree that most of the facts presented in the article are actually true, but the manner in which they are presented is false. The Foundation was unable to fund the carnival for this year because of the late submittance [sic] of the Club's proposal. They did not deny us funding for future years. As a matter of fact, Professor Counter made a special effort to include us in next year's budget. The day on which the proposal was first presented to Professor Counter, he was discussing next year...
...days after the incident I received a two-page letter from HRE's attorney, Mr. Daniel Polvere, writing, he said, for "Harvard Real Estate, Inc., managing agent for President [sic] and Fellows of Harvard College, your landlord." Mr. Polvere threatened to evict me and my family from our apartment, accused me of assaulting and battering" the workman, and accused me of placing debris on my stairway (and presumably on my head, where some debris happened to fall as I was leaving my building) "to fabricate the appearance that debris was falling on the steps or was being left there...
...After one year in office, it has become transparent that Haig is a 'pure dententeist' [sic]...." writes the magazine. "The secretary loves to bluster about the Soviets, but when it comes to urging actions short of war, his advice is remarkably restrained." For Human Events, "Haig, in short, must...
Officials offered a variety of explanations for the decline, most centering on tighter rules to discourage unnecessary sic-outs. Since January 1980, asterisks have been placed on transcripts next to grades attained by students who took make-up exams...