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Both Camille Paglia and your Opinion editors seem to be laboring under the mistaken impression that her words are worth the time required to skim them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Paglia Isn't Worth Reading | 2/18/1994 | 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, 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." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/19/1994 | See Source »

Favorite cereal: I'm not a cereal fan per se--I hate breakfast. But if I have to name a cereal, it would be Honey Nut Cheerios mixed with Crispix, with skim milk and banana slices...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: FM Farwells | 12/9/1993 | 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, 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." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One Grader's 1962 Reply | 8/17/1993 | See Source »

...Skim milk, anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skimming The Cream | 8/2/1993 | See Source »

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