Word: skim
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...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.’s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up we decide C- (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D’s. Consider C- a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn’t thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. “Locke is a transitional figure...
...examinees. They too skim it for bouquets
...life-enrichment coordinator" would keep her active. The facility was stunning: from the outside, it looked more like a resort than a hospital. Inside, residents could gather in the "town square," with its beauty salon and ice-cream parlor, or relax by the fire in the living room, or skim through stacks of old National Geographic magazines. "You walk in and say, 'This is a place I would love to have my parent,'" says Peter...
TIME: Critics say that would be great for the insurance companies. They could skim off the healthiest and wealthiest patients, leaving the Federal Government with the sickest and poorest...
...were overlooked for various technical reasons. But a white paper last year from Internet search company BrightPlanet concluded that the invisible Web is actually about 500 times larger than that - and almost certainly growing faster than the visible Web. Mercifully, help is at hand. The realization that we barely skim the surface and the value of what's out there is spurring the development of some remarkable technology that can dig deeper and smarter...