Word: methodic
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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 wasn't obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point from which to start. That is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
...Robert DeNiro's aging felon on a couch and show a video of gals with guns--that's a master touch. But lingering on the boring homebody life of a criminal is a little too much, even if DeNiro's the criminal: I'm not all for the experiential method of getting an audience to feel the consummate boredom of a character by subjecting them to the same...
...most frequently cited reason for seeking an anonymous test was "self-referral" while 30 percent pointed to a new relationship and six percent to a change in contraceptive method...
Initial denial was Payanzo's method of coping as well. She had deferred admission to Harvard in the spring of 1994 because she needed a break from the pressure of deadlines and duties. An unexpected pregnancy and the baby she decided to keep were evidently not going to give her that...
...Friday?s hearing was adjourned for the judge to consider Ramirez?s objections to the method of his arrest...