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...were practically a family that night. They drank and danced and furiously climbed social rungs while I proofread stories and wrote headlines. We both ended up leaving the building around...

Author: By Joshua W. Shenk, | Title: My Life With the Bee | 5/13/1992 | See Source »

...contact person or firm from the last cover letter you printed--believe me, it happens. Last year the firm where I work received 200 letters and resumes over the space of two weeks. The first screen we used was typos--if the applicant didn't care enough to proofread, they obviously weren't that interested...

Author: By Gina Berardi, | Title: A Career You Might Actually Enjoy | 10/11/1991 | See Source »

...Proofread the thesis. This is surely the most cumbersome of duties. If the thesis is well written, proof reading can be an issue of spell-checking and some sentence structure correction...

Author: By Juliette N. Kayyem, | Title: Unsung Heroes of the Thesis War | 3/7/1990 | See Source »

Thanks to new technology, advocates of the handicapped are now envisioning a world in which the blind will be able to proofread written work, the paralyzed will be able to use computers, and those with impaired motor skills will be able to use a keyboard with ease...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: A Brave New World for the Disabled | 8/5/1988 | See Source »

Before the advent of computer technology, the blind were unable to make corrections or proofread their work. Talking word processors now allow them to do this, Glass says...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: A Brave New World for the Disabled | 8/5/1988 | See Source »

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