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...Internet has opened the floodgates of unverified assertion. The top news source is Wikipedia, whose compilers are free to create or distort any fact. Corrections are made only if someone more responsible weighs in. Mike Godwin, the new chief counsel for Wikipedia, shrugs off the inaccuracies, some of them defamatory, on his website. "In another 25 years," he told The New York Times last week, "all of our children will have grown up in a world in which media like these are mutable and changeable and people prank each other, and it will seem less important." By "it" Godwin means...
...thorough and knowledgeable, or at least has a base of knowledge that it attempts to expand,” Moore said, “it should not restrict itself by a narrow interpretation of the mandate of the organization it stems from. You do not let an ideology distort your scholarly efforts...
...amused by how Robinson let little hiccups like power outages and cell-phone failures distort the big picture of India. The very fact that India's remote and hilly northeastern terrain has passable roads, SUVs, cell-phone service and hotels speaks of momentum and progress. India offers abundant opportunities to get rich quick. Indeed, the countless foreign businessmen and -women who come to India are worried more about cell connectivity in Delhi than malnourished children in Noida. I am a regular visitor to China and a keen follower of Chinese progress. One must realize that that country opened...
...amused by how Robinson let little hiccups like power outages and cell-phone failures distort the big picture of India. The very fact that India's remote and hilly northeastern terrain has passable roads, suvs, cell-phone service and hotels speaks of momentum and progress. India offers abundant opportunities to get rich quick. Indeed, the countless foreign businessmen and women who come to India are worried more about cell connectivity in Delhi than malnourished children in Noida. I am a regular visitor to China and a keen follower of Chinese progress. One must realize that that country opened...
Knowles articulated the educational benefits to high school students: “These programs distort the high school experience by forcing both students and colleges to commit prematurely, based only upon the record at the end of the student’s junior year. Moreover, students who are admitted early receive what often appears to be a ‘free pass’ for their second semester, sadly encouraging them to disengage from their academic experience. I hope that our decision to eliminate early action will help to turn down the heat on admissions, allowing students, parents, and teachers...