Word: validator
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...settle the suit, Staples gave out $7.50 coupons to the first 1,200 shoppers at its 64 Massachusetts locations. The coupons were valid for that day only...
...intelligent. The study was published last year in the journal Applied Cognitive Psychology. According to Oppenheimer’s paper, almost two thirds of the Princeton students polled admitted to using a thesaurus when writing an essay “to give the impression that the content is more valid or intelligent.” Harvard students, too, confess an attachment to their thesauri—in moderation. “If you use a thesaurus, it’s obviously going to make you look like an idiot if you don’t know the meaning...
...should be lauded and supported. If Madrid outlaws the use of dangerously thin models in fashion work, perhaps that could begin to force those responsible to adapt. Minna Baker Narberth, Pennsylvania, U.S. Folding Newspapers Michael Kinsley's piece on the apparently dismal future of the newspaper industry made some valid arguments about the value of traditional journalism [Oct. 2]. Kinsley's attempt, however, to place most of the blame for newspapers' decreasing readership on the Internet and bloggers - whom he characterized as "some acned 12-year-old in his parents' basement recycling rumors" - is simply ridiculous. Kinsley's hyperbolic criticism...
...firm outsold Boeing for the first time. Back then, Airbus was hailed as a uniquely European archetype for competing in heavy industries. After all, no single country in Europe has the resources to develop a world-beating aircraft manufacturer on its own. The core notion of cooperation is still valid, says James Foreman-Peck, a professor at Cardiff Business School who specializes in European industrial policy, "but these days, Airbus just confirms Anglo-Saxon prejudices that governments waste large amounts of taxpayers' money even when they have a good idea." Untangling Airbus' wiring will prove plenty tough, but untangling...
...Enough” will appeal most to those who are mildly conservative, though the book also speaks to liberals (ahem) who recognize that Williams raises valid points about the limitations of government, the need for personal responsibility, and the importance of strong community leaders. The book certainly has its flaws—it sometimes lacks nuance, has no statistical analysis, and is not terribly original—but is still worth reading as long as one remembers that it is just an extended op-ed that anyone could write after having read one of Sowell or Loury?...