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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...
Many whiners like to bemoan the lack of a student center on campus. These people either are blind or have recently lost swipe card access to Lamont library—in recent weeks, oh so much more than a place to skim your sourcebook before section...
...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...
...food program. In 1996 the Security Council agreed to let Saddam's regime sell oil and use the revenues to buy food and medicine to alleviate the suffering caused by economic sanctions. The U.N. was in charge of overseeing both sides of the trade, but Saddam managed to skim off more than $20 billion from the $64 billion program to prop up his rule. Records found in Iraq allege that government officials and others, notably in France, Russia and China; oil companies, including American giants; and individuals, among them the senior U.N. official appointed to run the program, received preferential...
...chain of American caf?s?modeled on the kitchen in the U.S. sitcom Seinfeld?just sells cereal. Cereality caf?s have cabinets stuffed with 33 types, along with 34 toppings, from dried blueberries to praline coconut. Customers pay $4 a bowl, then choose and pour their own milk: soy, flavored, skim or whole. At the Tempe, Arizona, flagship "Cereologists"?pajama-clad servers?offer plain old cornflakes as well as such fancy concoctions as Devil Made Me Do It, which combines Cocoa Puffs and Lucky Charms with chocolate milk and malt balls. On Nov. 29, a Philadelphia outpost is set to open...