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...complete a surreptitious survey designed by a Harvard College Library (HCL) steering committee to assess the impact of moving Gov Docs. Many of the students who filled out the survey had been informed of its existence through a grass-roots campaign carried out via e-mail lists and word-of-mouth. HCL itself did little to publicize the survey. The survey’s low profile, along with its unfortunate timing—after most thesis research has been completed and before most students have begun term papers—suggests an effort on the part of HCL to skew...
What can we make of this startling list of nominations? Will the Oscars become fertile ground for small, word-of-mouth films like these...
...together to make a pop band." Maybe, but they did gain notoriety through their own arty happenings. In the spirit of Andy Warhol's Factory, the band occupied the top floors of an abandoned Glasgow art-deco warehouse dubbed "the Chateau." They would host events, playing to a word-of-mouth crowd, while others used the space for art installations. "We were socializing with these people and they all had ideas and they all wanted to do their work in the same way as we wanted to play," explains Kapranos. "It seemed like the most obvious thing in the world...
...cleaned “spyware” off more students’ computers than I care to count. This software can fill up your computer’s hard drive, take over your Internet browser and compromise your privacy. Spyware has garnered wide publicity in the news and word-of-mouth infamy on campus, yet the federal government has done next to nothing to combat this scourge...
...fans, who this week will welcome the opening of The Full Cupboard of Life (Polygon; 202 pages), the fifth Ramotswe book. Its predecessors - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Tears of the Giraffe, Morality for Beautiful Girls and The Kalahari Typing School for Men - have become word-of-mouth hits not only in Britain but also in the U.S., where all are currently on major best-seller lists. Already available in five languages, the books are being...