Word: singularity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...deep and so undistracted, the person can read books terribly fast. He can acquire all sorts of knowledge terribly fast. In fact, as he sits at this desk surrounded by open books, notes, papers and lists, he feels the urge to bring all his understanding together into one singular comprehension of how it all works. To do this, he constantly tries to work more rapidly...
...DOES ALL this apply to Harvard? It would be silly to argue that the abolition of grades and exams at Harvard would have enormous effects on the behavior and attitudes of the people here. Harvard students owe their presence here to their singular success in adapting themselves to the values of the American school system, and it would be naive to expect them to change in any fundamental way after they arrive...
...assuming power: "I'm sick of hearing about a hundred days. I'm not Roosevelt, and these aren't the '30s." But the legend persisted. Lyndon Johnson, in fact, encouraged comparisons, and with pockets stuffed full of legislative box scores he could show by certain singular mathematics a better record than that of his old mentor, F.D.R...
...sure many will object that of what is included too much is pornographic. Advance notice on the book made it sound like a singular piece of middlebrow porno that would bring about a best-selling marriage between the wandering tribe of former Salinger aficionadoes and Jacqueline Susann's camp followers. But Roth reads so quickly and so engagingly that much of what could pass for smut is more parody than prurience. The book lacks the turgid seriousness that marked Updike's Couples as a more perfect example of the genre. Portnoy--who admits to being "the Raskolnikov of jerking...
...Crimson then suffered its most crucial setback in the lower weights. Paul Catinella, undefeated this season, lost the 137-pound class to Cameron Singular by one point. The Harvard strategy had counted on a victory at this pint in order to win the meet. With four wins in a row, Springfield had compiled a 14-0 bulge...