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...really have to get going. " The virtues of this goodbye technique is that it makes the Pre-Greedicus sound really, really busy. And impressive too. For added zest, Pre-Greedici might tack on another sentence to share with you their important reason for having to run off so quickly...

Author: By Gil B. Lahav, | Title: A Taxonomy of Harvard | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

Here lives the "poetry board," a field of blue construction paper pricked by pin-sized holes, fluttering with an army of white paper banners. This is the battleground itself, a place where writers tack up their poems, and critics tear them down-figuratively, never literally--or offer advice. The warriors: anonymous scribblers. The shot: a verse like this one, by a mysterious poet, "Tokio Rose...

Author: By R.i. Wilson, | Title: Lamont Poetry Board | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

...worried about his health? If he wants to rot his teeth, it's his business. If, on the other hand, his breath smells, then give him a toothbrush, maybe even two. Tack toothpaste ads up in the bathroom, and give him mouthwash as a present. Good luck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: So How Does He Floss? | 12/2/1993 | See Source »

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York called for huge tax increases, ranging from 11% to 50%, on handgun bullets, to deter their use. He wants to tack his proposal onto the President's health-care bill, saying he cannot imagine the Senate Finance Committee, of which he is chairman, approving a health-reform bill without such a provision...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week October 31-November 6 | 11/15/1993 | See Source »

...Butt said that he just took a different educational tack, using physics to give the crew a better understanding of how an efficient stroke worked...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: The Search for Perfection: A New Technique Keyed National Champs | 11/12/1993 | See Source »

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