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Monday, August 22, 2011

Question 759: No Fear




__X__ was launched by four Harvard students on January 7, 1999. Most of its users were high school and college-going students. It was acquired by Barnes and Noble in 2001 for approx. $3,555,000.

Many teachers accused __X__ of being a cheating tool but __X__ condemns the idea of cheating.

"When your books and teachers don't make sense, we do." is their slogan.

Identify X and explain the title.


ANSWER:

SparkNotes [originally called TheSpark]


The title is a reference to No Fear Shakespeare and No Fear Literature which are both SparkNotes undertakings.
 





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