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...world of CS departments, we are considered somewhat anomalous, because our senior faculty strength is heavy on theory, but we provide a superior education in the practice of computer science," Lewis adds...
...measurement raises an array of problems. The student government must work to develop a system of conversion where other spirituous liquors are pegged to cans of beer, just like currency exchange rates. A bottle of red wine would equal however many cans of beer, a bottle of port somewhat more and a bottle of bourbon would equal quite a few. University officials could carry the exchange rates on a convenient laminated card and rapidly work out whether a room owning a half bottle of amontillado, a third of a liter of brandy and jug of moonshine had broken the laws...
...Remy Bricka? The pretentious thing would be to make the reader feel intellectually inadequate for not recognizing such an important pop culture icon. But since the writer herself had never heard of the man before she was assigned the story, we'll pity the reader somewhat. Quite simply put, Remy Bricka is a man who can walk on water--literally...
...hyper-realism of her prose about the "intimate dance of hands" between a couple on their first movie date, unsure about armrest positioning. Using micro-details of space and time and addressing her audience in the second person, the Medinger created palpable sexual tension among audience members, released only somewhat by laughter at strategic intervals. The mood changed considerably when another reader from M.I.T. softly read a "work in progress" poem about a stern father who kills himself, teaching his obedient daughter to "fight back when somebody hits you." Although she read with less force and theatricality than some...
Reen Littlebrook, who said he has fed the geese almost every day for the past five years, said the birds are "somewhat confused" this nesting season, given the changes to their surroundings...