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...this point our assumption expert proceeds to discuss anything which strikes his fancy at the moment. If he can sneak the first assumption past the grader, then the rest is clear sailing. If he fails, he still gets a fair amount of credit for his irrelevant but fact-filled discussion of scientific progress in the 18th century. And it is amazing what some graders will swallow in the name of intellectual freedom...

Author: By Donald Carswell | Title: Beating the System | 1/15/2008 | See Source »

...respond to Big Brother? Some among us were braver than others. The Austrian-based accountant tried to goad the guides into talking politics; the Italian retirees criticized the constant Kimilsungist propaganda, but only in Italian. After a while, I rebelled against the picture policing, even daring to sneak a snapshot of a grim military convoy with thousands of conscripts headed to points unknown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Postcard: North Korea | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

...that the police are coming to arrest him as a counterrevolutionary. He flees, hawking his Phoenix bike to a fruit vendor for some apricots and enough change to buy a train ticket to Nanjing. From there, Jian plans to board an express train heading south to Guangzhou, then sneak into Hong Kong and eventually make it to another country. In the novel's final scene, Jian incinerates his student identity card and crops his hair. We never do know if he gets out of China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exile's Letter | 12/13/2007 | See Source »

...added a score at the 7:53 mark of the second period off of crisp passes from Brine and Ryabkina to give Harvard a 2-0 lead. Providence cut that lead in half at 13:03, as forward Katy Beach took a pass at close range and managed to sneak it past Crimson sophomore goalie Christina Kessler. Less than a minute later, a penalty on the Friars gave Harvard a prime power-play opportunity and it took Vaillancourt and Brine just 10 seconds to find Ryabkina for the freshman’s fourth goal of the season. The final insurance...

Author: By Rebecca A. Compton, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Hockey Cruises to Win in Providence | 12/9/2007 | See Source »

...long distance and had 22 points. Fellow sophomore guard Corey Lowe took top honors in the game with 23 points—18 of them on three-pointers—as well as a team-high 10 rebounds. The Crimson’s sluggish transition let these key shooters sneak by for open shots. “A lot of it was communication,” junior guard Drew Housman said, “We would get mixed up with a lot of things on the fast break, we weren’t sure who was guarding who and someone...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Threes Prove Crimson's Undoing | 12/5/2007 | See Source »

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