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...point in my rehashing the arguments over whether or not linguistics is an autonomous discipline and whether or not the Harvard Linguistics Departments is up to snuff. Most of the arguments for eliminating the Linguistics Department, such as the supposed "tremendous linguistic strengths" in other departments, are completely specious...
True, this restriction slightly differs from other interhouse restrictions in that it singles out the students of 29 Garden St. But what the staff overlooks in its specious Weld analogy is that no kid in his right mind would stroll up across Cambridge Common in the driving sleet at 7 a.m. just to get Currier's waffles. Show me a Yardling who voluntarily dines at the Quad and I'll show you an admissions mistake...
...statement, Walton defended her decision to go public with allegations about the specious interview. She said WAC "merely wanted to responded to an incident and thought it worthy of public attention...
...many ways, the $22 billion crime bill moving through Congress this week is as flimsy as a tin badge. Around its core of solid proposals -- money to build more high-security prisons and help local governments hire more cops -- are the kind of specious gestures that are made whenever Washington tries to tap into voter sentiment on what is largely a state-and-local issue. If adopted in its present form, the bill will extend the death penalty to 47 mostly uncommon crimes and create 60 new federal crimes for acts that are already punished by state law. Among...
...without having undergone New York City's Uniform Land Use Review Process. It also says the store will devote 40,000 sq. ft. of space to building materials -- far more than the 10,000-sq.-ft. maximum required by law. Jesse Masyr, counsel for Home Depot, called the charges "specious...