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...tickets and we didn’t. [The alumnae] are right to be offended,” Niemiec says. “Radcliffe is trying to establish itself with this new institute and the women are its base of donors. They’re worried Harvard will try to skim the cream off the top and get the more able donors...
...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...
...known for preparing grilled meats, beef stew and spaghetti--and for tucking into roast beef sandwiches, ribs and bratwurst on the campaign trail--seems to have trimmed the fat from his diet. Cheney's office says he no longer starts the day with a "Western-style breakfast." Starbucks skim lattes are in, for both Dick and wife Lynne, when they can get them. During Inauguration week, the Cheneys barred chocolate, nuts and other fatty snacks from their Madison Hotel suite. And Cheney's butcher told TIME that the Vice President hasn't been coming by as often for his favorite...
...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...
...squad of poor, hapless reporters and analysts had to simultaneously parse and stall, doing neither well, as their home offices politely drilled them to skim the damn thing and cut to the chase. Is Gore dead? Will there be a recount? Will I have to work on Christmas...