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...information of the subject often determines what sort of biography will emerge and who will want to read it. A fortunate biographer will have the cooperation of his or her subject, access to all relevant primary documentation and numerous secondary sources. Certain kinds of biographies can be written using only one of these three sources. The biography of an athletic or entertainment superstar can be based solely on interviews with the subject, while biographies of historical figures are obviously limited to the documented sources that remain. Often a coherent biography can be drawn from primary sources alone, although...
Jennings and Brewster stressed that their book was not a detailed history, but written from an anecdotal, journalistic perspective...
...said a study last year by the National Academy of Sciences arrived at the same conclusion Chall had written of over 30 years earlier...
Much has been written lately about grade inflation in American colleges. I am uneasy addressing the topic, having benefited so abundantly from it. But there can be no doubt that this same unwillingness to label anyone as fundamentally unfit lies behind it. Intelligent students at the University of Costa Rica can hardly expect to go through college without failing a couple of courses, some of them two or three times in a row. A friend tells me of a math professor who gives no credit if a problem in a test has an incorrect answer. He then goes back...
Yesterday's column by Christina S. Lewis '02 (Opinion, Nov. 29) about Harvard's infamous calendar was well-written and will hopefully encourage change at the College. The broader issue is that the administration seems to be neglecting undergraduates in favor of faculty wishes. Because of Harvard's notorious indifference, in addition to the school's lack of social life, I am not even applying to your college...