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...have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we, all like to be called assistants" net "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your blue book, 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 seeing St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the "xian myth...

Author: By A Grader and Best Wishes, S | Title: A Graders Reply | 1/9/1985 | See Source »

...being that Buddy would try and knock the plastic cup off by throwing a beer keg at it. It turned out that Buddy was better at throwing footballs than kegs--much better. Buddy missed and the poor freshman spent the rest of the night in the clinic, a not-uncommon consequence of the sport popularly known as William Tell...

Author: By Paul DUKE Jr., | Title: It Couldn't Happen Here | 1/7/1985 | See Source »

Despite the plethora of cycling problems injuries are uncommon. Dr. Dr. Watten Wacker, director of University Health Services (UHS), says. "For the number of people riding bikes, the number of bike related in juries is surprisingly, and lountrately...

Author: By Miliann Kang and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: Strikes Against Bikes | 1/4/1985 | See Source »

...principal target was the textbook, which provides from 75% to 90% of the curriculum content. A key instrument was a set of readability formulas designed to measure the difficulty of a text. Most of the formulas are based on three factors: word length, sentence length and the number of uncommon words. For example, a 15-word sentence or a three-syllable word may be rated too tough for first grade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Debate over Dumbing Down | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

...Cornell Professor herself, Alison Lurie has made Foreign Affairs one of the best works of recent modern fiction. It is as uncommon treat, as refreshing as a good avocado and watercress soup-- and at least twice as eccentric...

Author: By Clark J. Freshmen, | Title: Why Do Intellectuals Fall in Love? | 11/30/1984 | See Source »

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