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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 because 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 this week, and all I ask, really, is that you keep me awake. Is that so much...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

This week the boy builder will cut the ribbon on his newest playground with the help, boasts he, of Michael Jackson, Liza Minnelli, but not Marla Maples, the mystery model at the center of the now legendary (and thoroughly tedious) Trump divorce. Roughly 1,800 reporters, photographers and media types will come to ogle "The Donald's" creation -- all 420 million sq. ft. of it, all $1 billion worth, all designed by an architect no one has heard of, in a city no one wants to live in. "It's a billion-dollar hotel," thumps Trump, "and it looks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: A Candymaker Went Mad | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

...whole process can be tedious and boring, but if you keep in mind this is the only way you can find out what happened in the past, it's exciting," says Professor of Anthropology Ofer Bar-Yosef...

Author: By Brett R. Huff, | Title: HARVARD ARCHAEOLOGISTS and the SEARCH FOR THE ANCIENT PAST | 3/23/1990 | See Source »

...oust club members, what can we do with them? Rehabilitation is too tedious and painful. Also, we have no guarantee that the new and improved ex-members would not revert to their evil ways. The importance of our quest allows no room for error...

Author: By Davida F. Mcdonald, | Title: . . .Cause for Modest Proposal | 3/22/1990 | See Source »

...hope for is 80% to 90% during the spring and summer months, when local farms are in full bloom; in winter the percentage can slip below 50%. Running an organic restaurant presents other problems. The hours are longer than the average restaurant's, and the drill is more tedious. Menus can change daily, depending on what is available. Since there is no federal definition of what is organic, chefs tend to rely on products certified as authentic by various local groups. They rush as often as five times a week to local farmers' markets or grow their own produce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: Bye-Bye, Tofu; Hello, Truffles! | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

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