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...MAKE MATTERS WORSE, members of the OBKhSS and the pacos supplement their incomes through bribes they extort from the entrepeneurs, they harass, not to mention skim free goods off the top of those that they confiscate...

Author: By Liam T.A. Ford, | Title: A Black Mark (et) | 11/27/1991 | See Source »

...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, one does 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 atransitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have...

Author: By A Grader, | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/13/1991 | See Source »

...Cleveland machine-tool firm called Matrix-Churchill, which made versatile computer-operated jig grinders that could be used to produce precision parts for everything from consumer products to aerospace and nuclear equipment. According to Kroll, the Ohio-based company also submitted inflated bills to Iraq that enabled Saddam to skim funds and deposit them in foreign bank accounts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Did Saddam Skim Billions? | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

...Saddam skim billions from Iraqi oil sales? Also: Andrew Tobias writes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 4/8/1991 | See Source »

...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, one does 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." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply: `It Is Time to Disillusion' | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

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