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That’s the secret, really. Don’t write out “TIME!!!” in inch-high scrawl—it only brings out the sadist in us. Don’t (Cliffies) write offers to come over and read aloud to us your illegible remarks—we can (officially) read anything, and we may be married. Write on both sides of the page—single bluebook finals look like less work to grade, and win points. This chic, shaded calligraphic script so many are affecting lately is handsome, and is probably...
...actually does, the vague generality is the key device. A generality is a vague statement that means nothing by itself, but when placed in an essay on a specific subject very well might mean something to the grader. The true master of a generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay, which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into his essay...
...generality expert has already taken his position for the essay. Actually he has not the vaguest idea of what Hume really said, or in fact what he said it in, or in fact if he ever said anything at all. But by never bothering to define empiricism, he may write indefinitely on the issue, virtually without contradiction...
...Even if they said they had a paper to write, if we asked them three times, we’d get them to go out,” Gilligan said...
...fresh capital and cutting 20,000 jobs. In Switzerland, Credit Suisse stock has risen about 40%, easily outperforming most rivals, since the bank ditched Lukas Muhlemann at the beginning of last year and replaced him with two bank veterans, Oswald Grubel and John Mack. They quickly took major write-offs to deal with festering operational troubles. The jury remains out on some of the new CEOs, including Michael Diekmann at Allianz and Giuseppe Morchio at Fiat...