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...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't want to go out on a limb when they don't know the genus of the tree. For these people, the Vague Generality must be partially junked and replaced by the Artful Equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: How to Beat the System | 8/17/1993 | See Source »

...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't want to go out on a limb when they don't know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beating the System | 5/17/1993 | See Source »

...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position whenever possible. They just don't want to go out on a limb when they don't know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Beating The System | 1/20/1993 | See Source »

...SUMMER LONG, MALE FIELD CRICKETS CAN BE heard singing love songs to lure willing mates. But female crickets are not the only creatures these songs attract. Researchers reporting in Science magazine say they have found a tiny fly of the Ormia genus that can home in on a singing male as quickly as any lovesick cricket. How do they do it? With a hearing organ that works remarkably like a cricket...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perfect Pitch | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

...course, some people are naturally conservative; they avoid taking a position when ever possible. They just don't believe in going out on a limb when they don't know the genus of the tree. For these people, the vague generality must be partially junked and replaced by the artful equivocation, or the art of talking around the point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Beating the System: Painless Success | 5/11/1992 | See Source »

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