"They're harmless when they're alone, but get a bunch of them together with a research grant and watch out."
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rabbit, rabbits, science, scientist, scientists, scientific, professor, laboratory, lab, biology, physics, chemistry, lab coat, academic, academics, research, researchers, post doc, post doctoral, phd, doctorate, doctoral, post grad, graduate, research grant, grants, research project, research assignments, word play, play on words"I've had those books for years. They represent the person I once aspired to be."
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aspiration, aspirations, aspired, aspiring, dream, dreams, ambition, ambitions, goal, goals, lost dream, lost dreams, broken dream, broken dreams, ambitious, date, dates, pretentious, pretension, pretensions, love life, snob, snobs, elitist, elitists, girlfriends, show off, show offs, show-off, show-offs, showing off, academic, academics, academia"Sure, we need more research in alchemy, necromancy, and sorcery, but where is the money going to come from?"
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alchemy, alchemist, alchemists, fund, funds, funding, research, researcher, researchers, medical research, study, studies, scientific study, academic, academics, academia, benefactor, benefactors, necromancy, sorcery, quack, quacks, magic, magician, magicians, academic fund, academic funding, scientific study, scientific studies, medicine, fiction, fictional, fictions"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."
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writer, writers, writing, author, authors, book, books, novel, novels, literature, publisher, publishers, publishing, editor, editors, publishing company, publishing companies, publishing house, publishing industry, literary agent, literary agents, public, pressure, internal motivation, student, students, college, college, college student, university, universities, essay, essays, paper, papers, dating, date, dates, stress, stressful, education, higher education, academia, academics, pretentious, flattery, pompous"Surely two people as intelligent as we are can work out some method of falling in love."
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fall in love, falls in love, falling in love, intelligent, intelligence, incompatible, incompatibility, compatible, compatibility, chemistry, lack of chemistry, date, dates, dating, single life, desperate, desperation, brain, brains, academic, academics, scholar, scholars, educated, educated people, egghead, eggheads, nerd, nerds, geek, geeks, geeky, nerdy, scientist, scientists, study, studies, studying"I've been reading the trashiest scientific abstract."
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abstract, abstracts, scientific abstracts, journal, journals, peer review, peer reviewed, academic, academics, academia, guilty pleasure, guilty pleasures, trash, trashy, trashiest, scientist, scientists, trash, tabloid, tabloids, paperback, paperbacks, professor, professors, instructor, instructors, teacher, teachers, university, universities, college, colleges"Daddy works in a magical, faraway land called Academia."
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academia, education, research, academics, academic, educator, educators, teacher, teachers, professor, professors, tutor, tutors, doctor, doctors, doctorate, masters, bachelors, university, universities, college, colleges, uni, pretentious, snob, snobby, dad, dads, father, fathers, fatherhood, kid, kids, child, children, childhood, parent, parents, parenthood"Yeah, but good luck getting it peer-reviewed."
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academia, academic, academics, academically, science, scientific, scientific community, paper, papers, conference, conferences, peer review, peer-review, peer reviewed, peer-reviewed, scientist, scientists, doctor, doctors, health, health, religion, religious, biblical, bible, biblical stories, medicine, medicines, cure, cures, heal, healing, downer, reality check, reality, realistic, realistically, miracle, miracles, miraculous, miraculously, university, universities, higher education, education, educate, educated, tertiary education, academy, college, colleges, jesus, jesus performs a miracle"I'm in herbs—celebrating the ancient link between women and plants."
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party, parties, cocktail party, cocktail parties, woman, women, plant, plants, herb, herbs, ancient, celebrating, link, links, relationship, relationships, connection, connections, academic, academics, environment, nature, gardening, gardener, gardeners, garden, gardens, botany, botanist, botanists, plant lady, plant ladies"Remember, education pays, unless you end up an adjunct - like me."
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uni, university, universities, college, colleges, higher education, higher ed, professor, professors, teacher, teachers, tutor, tutors, student, students, educate, education, educated, adjunct, adjunct professor, non-tenure, academic, academics, academia, adjunct status, educator, educators, scholar, scholars, pessimistic, pessimism, negative, dream crusher, rank, ranking, hierarchy"But enough about this for a while, gentlemen. Let's talk about real estate."
Genius Grants and Recipients
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money, grants, grant, academic, academia, academics, education, educational, higher education, government, governments, governmental, scientific research, research grant, research, research grants, science, scientific, scientist, scientists, scientifically, discovery, discover, experiments, experiment, experimental, experimenting, language, languages, cliche, cliches, clichés, cliché, blonde, blondes, woodchuck, wood chuck, gum"Do you have any bedtime stories that aren't about the former Yugoslavia?"
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former yugoslavia, bookworm, bookworms, academic, academics, geopolitics, political science, political science major, political science majors, polisci, poli-sci, obsession, obsessions, obsessed, bedtime story, bedtime stories, storytime, story-times, teacher, teachers, professor, professors, inappropriate, light reading, children's story, children's stories, childrens story, childrens stories, slavic, slavic country, slavic countries"He's philosophy-driven."
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philosopher, philosophers, philosophies, philosophize, philosophise, philosophising, philosophizing, intellectual, intellectuals, academic, academics, academia, reader, readers, book, books, thinker, thinkers, thought, thoughtful, philosophical text, philosophical texts, passion, passions, interest, interests, hobby, elitist, elitismA classroom full of young children; a schedule board in the background lists the day's activities which include: circle time, art fun, snack and S.A.T. prep.
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education, school, schools, schooling, teaching, teacher, teachers, student, students, classroom, classrooms, class, classes, score, scores, test, tests, testing, college, colleges, university, universities, academics, academic, mark, marks, grade, grades, bureaucracy, requirement, requirements, admission, admissions, standardised testing, standardised test, standardised tests, standardized testing, standardized test, standardized tests, prep, preparation, preparing, getting ahead, primary, elementary, kindergarten, nursery school, preschool, daycare, kid, kids, child, children, toddler, toddlers, modern education, modern lifeA statue dedicated to "The Unknown Academic Infighter" stands outside a college campus.
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statue, statues, sculpture, sculptures, memorial, memorials, education, academia, academic, academics, infighting, infighter, infighters, fighting, fight, fights, fighter, fighters, unknown, professor, professors, university, universities, college, colleges, teacher, teachers, educator, educators, academic politics, dean, deans, staff"You have an air of Camille Paglia about you."
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camille paglia, academic, academics, intellectual, intellectuals, feminist, feminists, feminism, social critic, social critics, modern culture, date, dates, first date, first dates, love life, love-life, flirtation, flirtations, compliment, compliments, insult, insults, insulting, complimenting, role model, role models, role-model, role-models"He walked in, said he was a visiting scholar, and made himself at home."
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visiting scholar, visiting scholars, visiting lecturer, visiting lecturers, visiting researcher, visiting researchers, visiting professor, visiting professors, visiting teacher, visiting teachers, visiting tutor, visiting tutors, university, universities, uni, college, colleges, professor, professors, tutor, tutors, teacher, teachers, scholar, scholars, academic, academics, make yourself at home"We've found by applying just the tiniest bit of an electric shock, test scores have soared."
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teacher, teachers, teaching, education, school, preschool, pre-school, kindergartener, kindergarteners, kindergarten, kindergartens, kindergarten teacher, electric, electric shock, therapy, shock therapy, score, scores, test score, parent teacher, ethical, parent teacher meeting, kid, kids, child, children, performance, academic, academics, school, schools"There will be plenty of time for playing after you get into college."
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kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, family, families, college, colleges, university, universities, education, higher education, school, schools, schooling, plenty of time, playing, having fun, fun, enjoying life, being a kid, being a child, childhood, studying, academics, no time, getting a head start, starting early, getting ahead, getting an early start, modern life, modern parent, modern parents, modern parenting, modern parenthood, competition, competitive"What do you mean 'theoretically'? Everything we do is theoretical."
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philosopher, philosophers, philosophy, philosophiser, philosophisers, philosophizer, philosophizers, philosophize, department, departments, academic, academics, academia, university, universities, uni, unis, college, colleges, theoretically, theoretical, theory, theories, philosophy department, philosophy department, turn of phrase, turns of phrase