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Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
This time, fans cried, smiled and reflected in the seconds before the play clock expired and the refs threw the yellow flag.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2024
Reed reigned down Tsunamis on Strowman while the ref was distracted.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Administrative bloat already threatens to turn the professoriate into a university rump; a case like this, in which one aggrieved actor plays to the refs of not merely the managerial bureaucracy but of the state itself, only further undermines the necessary defense of academic autonomy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
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—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
This time, fans cried, smiled and reflected in the seconds before the play clock expired and the refs threw the yellow flag.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2024
Reed reigned down Tsunamis on Strowman while the ref was distracted.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Administrative bloat already threatens to turn the professoriate into a university rump; a case like this, in which one aggrieved actor plays to the refs of not merely the managerial bureaucracy but of the state itself, only further undermines the necessary defense of academic autonomy.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Ref.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ref. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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