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This article is designed to explain how to achieve the third answer to this perplexing problem by the use of the vague generality, the artful equivocation and the overpowering assumption...
There is a third method of dealing with examination questions—that is by the use of 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. This is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
...knew that if the money ran out, that would be it. And then after that, about a year later, Flow had her infant Flint and just after he was able to walk she actually allowed him to come up and reach out and touch my nose. And the third one was about that same time. I was following David Greybeard, who was the first to lose his fear of humans, and I thought I had lost him. I was going through a thick tangle and I found him sitting, waiting—at least it seemed he was waiting...
Harvard and Cornell finished the season with identical league records and even head-to-head results, so hosting was determined based on which team had the best record against the third-place team, Penn...
...Crimson (8-7, 3-4 Ivy) concluded a roller coaster of a season on a high note, defeating the Eagles (12-6, 1-4 ACC) for the third straight season, 17-9, thanks to a balanced offensive attack that saw nine different players find the back...