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...he’s being portrayed,” Ullman says. “I think we sometimes portray other public figures as being dumber than they really are, or smarter, or more conniving, or more brilliant. But I think in this case, from what I’ve read, I find myself saying, ‘Gee, that’s the Larry I know...
Something very unusual is happening to some Democrats and pro-choice abortion activists. They're getting smarter about their strategy. For years, they've harped on and on about a woman's right to choose, while failing to capture in any meaningful way the moral qualms so many of us have about abortion itself. So they often seemed strident, ideological and morally obtuse. They talked about abortion as if it were as morally trivial as a tooth extraction--not a profound moral choice that no woman would ever want to make if she could avoid...
...Lake Wobegon, not all children are above average. Teachers must choose their words carefully. They can't just say, "I'm sorry your child's not as smart as X," and no parent wants to hear that there are five other kids in the class who are a lot smarter than his or hers. Younger teachers especially can be overwhelmed by parents who announce on the first day of school that their child is going to be the smartest in the class and on the second day that he is already bored. Veteran teachers have learned to come back with...
...says former Australian pro John Alexander, "or you go backward." Technically, Federer is near to perfect. Roche certainly won't have to take apart and rebuild any of the Swiss's strokes, as he did with Pat Rafter's forehand in the 1990s. But maybe Federer could play a smarter game. The thrust of Alexander's argument is that because Federer's shotmaking from the baseline is so preposterously good, he can be a little lazy about advancing to the net for the quick kill. "It's not making any difference at the moment, but eventually his opponents will lift...
...termbill fee in last month’s Undergraduate Council election, little doubt was left as to whether the issue of wind power was a priority for students. As we said then, there is no reason why the University cannot be a leader in a new wave of smarter, cleaner energy consumption...