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...however, is that though its content may be semi-suitable for the big screen, the lectures are less than scintillating. Once known as “Gutmosphere,” the course’s formerly stratospheric grade inflation has, tragically, returned to earth. To avoid plummeting yourself, weasel your way into TF Winston Tao’s section—he’s known for being friendly and a good explainer.If you embrace grade deflation, icy cold showers, and iTunes, Science A-49, “The Physics of Music and Sound,” is a good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Science A | 9/14/2006 | See Source »

...marks for that,” Ells recalls. Still, reviews weren’t all-around positive. “The administration wanted to have it both ways,” Halberstam says. “The policy was to stand up for someone who had tenure and to weasel for someone who did not.”That left Kamin, a Ph.D candidate, and Furry, a mere associate professor, out in the cold. NAMELESSAfter Kamin was subpoenaed by Sen. William E. Jenner’s Subcommittee on Internal Security, the Harvard Corporation summoned him to an interview...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: After McCarthy Era, Harvard Shelves the Red Scare | 6/3/2006 | See Source »

...little readers surely will too. ("We know what you mean," the kindergartners yell.) Half the fun comes from seeing Mrs. Millie's misnomers made literal in Mathieu's drawings. One depicts a perplexed primate who finds himself serving as filler in a "gorilla cheese sandwich"; another shows the indignant weasel on whom the kids happily daub their paintings. As the school day ends, the kids have a snack of parrot sticks and quackers, then say butterfly and get on the octopus to ride home. Cox, herself a kindergarten teacher, knows that more than contusion reigns when 4- and 5-year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Children's Books of 2005 | 11/30/2005 | See Source »

...high school and college. But the programming is shrewd in the way it affirms the identity of its listeners. At its heart, Jack is a nostalgia station for Generation X, but it disguises that fact with carefully selected obscure tunes (Walking Away by Information Society, Pop Goes the Weasel by 3rd Bass) that make listeners feel erudite and hip. Then there are the laconic, faux-rebellious promos. On Los Angeles' 93.1 Cogan recently announced, "If you're easily offended, maybe we're not for you." Immediately after which, the robot DJ segued into In a Big Country, a song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: You Don't Know Jack | 8/7/2005 | See Source »

Thank you for calling. To get you the help you need as fast as possible, we need to know why you called. Please say one of the following key words: 1) "weasel" if you were hoping we wouldn't be home, so that you could leave a message and get credit for calling; 2) "bored" if you are stuck in traffic and have time to waste but none of your friends you really want to talk to are home; 3) "lawn mower" if we borrowed something of yours, never returned it, and you want it back; 6) "whoops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hello, May I Speak with a Human? | 7/3/2005 | See Source »

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