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...senior, who wished to remain anonymous to avoid being penalized for criticizing her department, says she chose not to write a thesis because writing one would not guarantee her honors...
...does not correspond to the time we have to really process or understand it. It is quite possible to imagine a day in which the pressure for productivity, fueled by concerns for advancement, will trump careful, critical thought, the crucial “necessity to make distinctions and to avoid sweeping generalizations and extrapolations,” in Professor Hoffmann’s words...
...couldn't stay a child. A blind man on his own had to be an instant grownup--insisting he get paid in singles, say, to avoid being cheated. Charles wouldn't baby himself (except for his heroin habit) or let others kid him. What he says sounds arrogant, but it's a fact: "I walk out alone in the dark and do something no one's done in music and business...
...secret agent on a mission that begins in the East Timor jungle. As you run through swamps, dodge land mines and avoid surveillance spotlights, you must elude--or kill--terrorist guards to stay alive. You can jump, crouch, climb and shoot your pistol. Stay in the shadows to avoid detection. Elegant graphics and exciting game play make it a winner...
...name (suggested by a club owner) and a new catchphrase, "I don't get no respect." A zealous joke writer--he would jot them down on the cardboard from his laundered shirts--he got his first big break with a spot on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1967. To avoid going on the road and leaving his kids, he borrowed money and opened his own club, Dangerfield's, in New York City. His tie-tugging tics and depressive one-liners became a staple on TV in the '70s and '80s; and as a late-blooming movie star in films like...