Word: master
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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...
...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...
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...
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...
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...