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The student is quoting from page 27 of an article. Robin, Corey. "Garbage and Gravitas." The Nation 7 June 2010: 21-27. Print.

Trying to explain Ayn Rand's influence on American politics, Robin wonders how could such "a second-rater exert such a continuing influence on the culture at large?" (27).

The student is quoting the words of Thierry Gardere as quoted on page 20 of the source. Korten, Tristram. Rum and Hope. The Atlantic May 2010: 19-20. Print.

For recovery to be a success, Thierry Gardere believes what we have to do in Haiti to survive is to be completely self-sufficient (qtd. in Korten 20).

The student is citing material in an essay in an anthology on page 167. Franzen, Jonathan. David Foster Wallace. Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009. Ed. Dave Eggers. Boston: Mariner, 2009. 167-71. Print.

Franzen explains that details for David Foster Wallace were a way of connecting, on relatively safe middle ground, with another human being (167).

The student is citing material from an online source that includes no page numbers. Walker, Rob. Stuck on You. New York Times Magazine. New York Times, 31 May 2010. Web. 9 June 2010.

According to a 2008 study, drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage (Walker).

The student is citing an online work where the author is unknown. "114,000 iPads Hacked." CNN.com. Cable News Network, 10 June 2010. Web. 11 June 2010.

As many as 114,000 new iPad owners were left vulnerable after hackers took advantage of security lapses and gathered private user information ("114,000 iPads Hacked").

The student is summarizing a point from page 139 in an article. Ruzich, Constance M. and A.J. Grant. "Predatory Lending and the Devouring of the American Dream." Journal of American Culture 32:2 (2009): 137-45. Print.

Ruzich and Grant claim the term predatory lending suggests a metaphor that sheds light on current American attitudes toward credit and the relationships between lending institutions and borrowers (139).

The student is quoting page 194. The student's project includes two works by the same author in the list of works cited. Tannen, Deborah. You're Wearing That?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation. New York: Ballantine, 2006.

Tannen claims that in some cases a new medium such as email "just substitutes a new form for an old function" (You're Wearing 194).

The student is quoting one of two works by the same author that appear in the list of works cited. Fallows, James. "Cyber Warriors." Atlantic Monthly Mar. 2010: 58-63. Print.

Some worry about a cyber threat to American security, "that organizations or individuals may be spying on, tampering with, or preparing to inflict damage on America's electronic networks" ("Cyber" 60).

The student is quoting from page 258 of the article with the following works-cited entry. Reichert, Julie, Brian Solan, Craig Timm, and Summers Kalishman. "Narrative Medicine and Emerging Clinical Practice." Literature and Medicine 27.2 (2008): 248-71. Print.

Many medical students participating in the study "commented on the ways that writing helped them become more observant and thoughtful" (Reichert et al. 258).

The student is quoting from page 210 of an essay in a book. George, Diana. "Changing the Face of Poverty: Nonprofits and the Problem of Representation." Popular Literacy: Studies in Cultural Practices and Poetics. Ed. John Trimbur. Pittsburgh: U of Pittsburgh P, 209-28. Print.

George examines videos for Habitat for Humanity and explores whether "reliance on stereotypes of poverty can, in fact, work against the aims of the organization producing them" (210).