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...Wheatstone Bridge-double differential CH3C6H2 (NO2)3 set. These people are mere cogs; automata; they simply feel to make sure you've punched the right holes. As they cannot think, they cannot be impressed; they are clods. The only way to beat their system is to cheat.) In the humanities and social sciences, it is well to remember, there is a man (occasionally a woman), a human type filling out your picture postcard. What does he want to read? How, in a word, can he be snowed...
...instinct to cheat creeps in during the trying moments of an exam or a game. Just as a pitcher may rub his baseball against an Emery Board when down 3-and-0 with the bases loaded, a student's eyes might want to wander when facing a clutch question...
This can prompt him to consider breaching the rules of the game. Like every fair game, there are rules--and the golden rule of examinations is: You can't cheat...
This longing may be affected by the type of question (it's a lot easier to cheat on a true-false test than an essay exam) and it is certainly affected by frustration level. If you can't for the life of you remember one out of 100 multiple choice questions, it seems pretty darn stupid to risk the other 99 by looking over someone's shoulder. If you have gone through all 100 and haven't gotten one so far, you might feel you have less to lose by trying to pick up a couple answers the slimy...
...society in which Big Brother is always watching. Says Jerry Berman, director of the Project on Privacy and Technology of the American Civil Liberties Union: "If you have a surveillance system looking over a wide range of activities, the message is clear: don't deviate. That means don't cheat on your taxes -- which is good. But it also means don't dissent." The danger, though not new, is intensified. As useful as computers are, the increasing pressure they put on personal privacy could threaten personal liberty...