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Think, Mr. Carswell (wherever you are), think, all of you: Imagine the situation of your grader. (Unless he is of the Wheatstone Bridge-double differential CH3C6H2(NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you have punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcard. What does he want to read...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Grader's Reply | 5/14/2003 | See Source »

...play tomb raider without risking ugly scenes at the airport or a one-way trip to some bug-infested jail. At Artisans D'Angkor, tel: (855-63) 964097, off Siem Reap's Sivatha Boulevard, talented youngsters turn out gorgeous wood and stone replicas of famous Khmer art. A mere $500 will get you a 50-centimeter-tall Jayavarman VII head. But be warned: it's authentic sandstone. Be sure to budget for the freight charges home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot Spots | 5/12/2003 | See Source »

...neither anarchic nor chaotic. If the angry protests staged daily in front of the Palestine and Sheraton hotels where the media are staying are any indication, Iraqis are demanding their freedom from a brutal imperialist occupation - although clearly not sufficiently brutal to suppress the demonstrations themselves, which a mere month ago would have been greeted with machine gun fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iraq: Finding Order in the Chaos | 5/9/2003 | See Source »

...beautiful temples, spaced about half an hour apart, break up the hike and offer simple lodging as well as prayer flag-fringed vistas of the glacier's jagged surface. So far the glacier attracts a mere 6,000 visitors a year, and it's perfectly possible to walk this lovely trail without coming across another human being...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detour: Ice Bound | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

That one-off race did nothing to dampen the B boat’s performance, as it still finished solidly ahead of Tufts, a margin that nearly made up for the points Harvard lost on the A boat disqualification. The Crimson ended the weekend a mere six points behind the Jumbos...

Author: By Timothy M. Mcdonald, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sailing Qualifies for Three Nationals | 5/5/2003 | See Source »

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