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...encounter; and as they pile up we decide C- (Harvard being Harvard, we do not give D's. Consider C-a failure.) Why? Not became they are a sign the student does not know the material, or hasn't thought creatively, or any of that folly. They simply make tedious reading. "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights." Now I ask you, I have 92 bluebooks to read thisweek, and all I ask, really, is that you keep me awake. Is that so much...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...starts with those tedious lay ups at the MAC. Such dedication is novel to Harvard basketball, and is both the cause and effect of success...

Author: By Lev F. Gerlovin, | Title: For Crimson, Scott Leads By Example | 12/3/1997 | See Source »

...also going to become as bland and tedious as television? There's no word yet on which sites will get the Disney seal of approval, or whether news sites will receive special dispensation from Walt's boys to speak as freely as necessary. "Filtering mechanisms prevent children from obtaining a great deal of useful and appropriate information," says a new report from the Electronic Privacy Information Center. They should know ? in tests on engines not unlike Disney's, searches for, say, "American Red Cross" blocked 90 percent of all sites mentioning the name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: There's a Mouse Loose on the Net | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

...themes, these songs provide a sort of base rhythm. Reminiscent of songs that carry the melody in the vocal with the vocal part suddenly removed, the musical themes demonstrated here could serve as the foundation for more complex and complete pieces, but as they are, the songs are tedious...

Author: By Ruth A. Murray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mon Cherie Skamour | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

...remainder of the songs on the album, however, are unmemorable attempts to use this soft style of ska. Featuring tedious and uninteresting music as well as unexciting lyrics, the songs are all boring enough to be difficult to listen...

Author: By Ruth A. Murray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mon Cherie Skamour | 11/14/1997 | See Source »

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