In fact, reading with the idea that one will need to summarize, comment, and explicate the text in short sentences, forces students to read closely in order to grasp complexity and subtlety.
The Times did not speak with Mr. Ross; its version should have been attributed to Representative George Miller, who summarized comments he said he had received from the Justice Department.
The Department of Community Affairs is currently summarizing comments on a proposed bill that would make sprinklers mandatory in all residential buildings more than six stories tall, said Chris Donnelly, a department spokesman.
The White House Letter column on Monday, about the prominent role of women in the debate over the Iraq war, incorrectly summarized comments by President Bush about Cindy Sheehan's protest.
This is what Ms. Li concluded from the assaults on her and Ms. Yan: "If the artists had been men, such interference would have been unlikely," she said, summarizing comments she posted on an online art magazine, igniting debate.
The Canadian Press news agency reported last week that it had obtained a document summarizing comments from the sessions, which were held in four cities. "Some have concerns that the researcher appears to be Asian," the analysis said.
In March of this year, The New Orleans Times Picayune summarized comments from an outside engineering expert from California who addressed the 17th Street Canal leaks.
The first theme summarizes comments in which patients discussed their experiences with and perceptions of acupuncture received in a community setting compared to health care received in biomedical settings or other acupuncture settings.
I understand some of you have seen the initial design and, to summarize your comments, you hate it.
To promote discussion at the end of the presentation, I asked for different volunteers to summarize their comments for one of the four sections on the evaluation form.
