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Beloit College's Mindset List

Posted on August 19, 2008

Beloit College's annual Mindset List is out, just in time for the start of classes. As I pointed out last year, they are recycling old material. So far, at least three (I quit counting) of the eleven installments make reference to Johnny Carson (or Ed McMahon). Looks like one of the list creators was a real Tonight Show fan. There are always some Cold War references too.Over the years, the list has become rather formulaic: _____________ (person, place, or thing) have/has always/never _______________ (something that it wasn't/was prior to the year they were born).Example from this year's...

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