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...seems pretty obvious that in any discussion of the various methods whereby the crafty student attempts to show the grader that he knows a lot more than he 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 might very well mean something to a 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...
There is a third method of dealing with examination questions--that is by the use of the overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it was pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter of fact it isn't obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point from which to start. That is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
...saying that if Sihanouk insists on maintaining his unholy alliance with the Khmer Rouge, the U.S. will go along. Sihanouk, in turn, says he will continue to reserve a place for the Khmer Rouge in the coalition as long as the Chinese insist on it. So on this key issue, Washington is taking its lead from Beijing. The aging tyrants responsible for the massacre in Tiananmen Square are, with American acquiescence, bestowing respectability on the butchers responsible for the killing fields...
...audience didn't boo, but this was a civilized crowd. They just got up and kept on walking out. In the diminishing numbers, one man asked, "What is it like in a department to function without key posts...
Throughout the five-week trial, Pettersson, who had previously been convicted of more than 60 offenses, including the 1970 bayonet slaying of a man near the Palme murder scene, maintained his innocence. The key witness against him was Palme's widow Lisbet, who told the court she was absolutely certain that Pettersson was the man she saw when she turned around after her husband fell. An appeals court will decide in September if there was sufficient evidence to convict Pettersson...