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On Flint's "trim it down" strategy, one useful exercise is to make a PhD student write their entire thesis as a haiku. Seventeen syllables, baby - what is the real core of what you're saying?
Sherlock Holmes liked telegrams for a similar reason. No-one waffles when they are paying by the word.
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Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008.
Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.
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