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...Think, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all of you: Imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless he is of the Wheatstone Bridge-double differential CH3C6H2(NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you have punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcard. What does he want to read...
...unwarranted assumption comes off better than the equivocator. He would deal with our question on Hume not by baffling the grader or by fencing him but like this: “It is absurd to discuss whether Hume is representative of the age in which he lived unless we note the progress of that age on all fronts. After all, Hume did not live in a vacuum...
...past 36 years, there has never been an Amtrak strike, but persisting disputes surrounding contract renegotiations may change that. Unless tensions are resolved before the end of the month, an Amtrak strike poses a serious threat to commuters from Boston, New York, and the rest of the Northeast corridor as they will face a limited, more expensive set of transportation alternatives...
Given the situation, the United States could add little in the way of gravitas or credibility. We must resist any temptation intervene unless either a unified request for intervention is made by all parties involved or unless the situation deteriorates considerably...
...periods, the Crimson had a 31-18 advantage in shots but found itself down, 2-1. Donato was less than impressed with his team’s unnecessary aggressiveness. “We took some selfish penalties—retaliatory penalties,” he said. “Unless we decide to put the team ahead of our individual grudges, we can’t win.” St. Lawrence’s third goal of the game came 3:21 into the final period. Down two goals, Harvard continued to apply pressure but never really threatened Petizian...