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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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 it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into...

Author: By Donald Carswell, THIS PIECE FIRST RAN ON JUNE 14, 1950. | Title: Beating the System | 1/12/1998 | See Source »

...paint a passable self-portrait, he has risen to power in a world of idiots (remember, these are the same people who think Costner's mumbling Postman is brilliant). Patton is a serviceable villain, but there's nothing about his "mad cowboy" shtick that Jack Palance didn't master 40 years...

Author: By Scott E. Brown, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Kevin Costner Goes Postal: Result Is Goofy But Goodhearted | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

Despite protests from Microsoft Corp. that he is biased, Professor of Law L. Lawrence Lessig will continue as a special master in the U.S. government's anti-trust suit against the software giant, a Microsoft spokesperson said yesterday...

Author: By Joshua E. Gewolb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lessig Will Remain Arbitrator of Microsoft-Justice Department Disupte | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

District Court Judge Thomas P. Jackson appointed Lessig as a special master to sift though the "extensive highly technical evidence" in the case in December...

Author: By Joshua E. Gewolb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lessig Will Remain Arbitrator of Microsoft-Justice Department Disupte | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

Microsoft filed a motion against the court appointment of the special master last week, prompting the government to file a rebuttal on Monday. Microsoft will file a response to the government rebuttal this coming Monday, Cullanin said...

Author: By Joshua E. Gewolb, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Lessig Will Remain Arbitrator of Microsoft-Justice Department Disupte | 1/9/1998 | See Source »

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