Word: solider
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...good or bad. After the whole grade inflation thing, I have one person telling me a B+ in the humanities is basically worthless," complains Sessions, "and somebody else telling me history and literature is the hardest concentration at Harvard and a B+ means you're doing a good, solid job." Sessions joins other students in venting her frustration about the enigmatic B+. "It's a grade that doesn't mean anything," she concludes. "I can't tell if I'm an average person in an easily graded class or a competent person in a realistically graded class...
...This is a chance to play outdoors," Meringoff said. "We are hoping to be a more solid team. Every player has kept up his level of play and has improved...
...does not have any solid expectations for future collaborations with previous costars other his certainty that he will work with Kidman again. Working with Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson may have been unbelievable professional experiences, but Cruise stressed that they pale in comparison to the opportunity to work with Kidman...
...Looking in the Abyss is a trenchant analysis of the postmodern condition and its threat to liberalism and the liberal imagination. The subtitle of Himmelfarb's short book is 'Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society," and she means it. By arguing for the restoration of partial truths and solid standards, Himmelfarb's book is a Modern's response to the postmodern condition. Since Himmelfarb is now a professor emeritus and a historian of nineteenth-century England, one might be tempted to discount her description of the current impoverished state of the humanities. This would be a grave mistake...
Bargainville opens with the catchy tune, River Valley." The strumming guitar rhythms provide the foundation, and the meaty, complex vocal harmonies coast along above as a cushion for the solid pop vocal of lead singer Mike Ford. The lyrics are a bit on the trite side, as Ford sings, "Me and Pete went swimming last night/ he's my friend from Boy Scouts/All the fish were floating uptight/we got scared and we got out... Who will save the river valley?" Yes, it borders on ecoconsciousness-raising music, but these guys do not take themselves that seriously. There is a naivete...