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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...like to be called “assistants,” not “graders”—you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the “Xian myth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/19/2004 | See Source »

...uncommon for student groups to change their project, like the H Bomb and their publication date,” said council Finance Committee Chair Teo P. Nicolais ’06. “We understand that the nature and scope of projects change...

Author: By Joshua P. Rogers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: H Bomb Plans Debut Next Week | 5/19/2004 | See Source »

...article "Uncommon Brilliance" [April 19], a caption stated that a diamond photographed for the story belonged to De Beers. In fact, it was purchased from De Beers by Indian factory Blue Star...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...Some sites do targeted advertising, so it’s not uncommon,” he said. He added later that targeted advertising was not the central selling point of the site...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Online Facebook Solicits New Ads | 5/7/2004 | See Source »

...stodginess is compounded by the Senator's public performances. In an effort to seem positive, he has removed the "Bring It On" red meat from his stump speech and replaced it with Spam. It is not uncommon to see audiences leaving his fund-raising events in droves while he is still speaking. Often he'll talk about the need for a new style of campaigning, a "conversation" with the American people, and then he'll proceed to relaunder a list of Democratic nostrums ("Health care is a right, not a privilege") that were cliches when Dukakis slogged the trail. There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Kerry's Silent Spring | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

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