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... fact ; one needs merely to see the theme with the grade on it . That the instructor should have failed the theme is not , strictly speaking , a verifiable fact , but a matter of opinion . That women on the average live longer than men ...
... fact ; one needs merely to see the theme with the grade on it . That the instructor should have failed the theme is not , strictly speaking , a verifiable fact , but a matter of opinion . That women on the average live longer than men ...
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... fact provide 100 percent protection against pregnancy . But Eli Lilly didn't want to put it that way because then many women might not have bought Lilly's birth control pills . 12 The next time you see the ad that says that this ...
... fact provide 100 percent protection against pregnancy . But Eli Lilly didn't want to put it that way because then many women might not have bought Lilly's birth control pills . 12 The next time you see the ad that says that this ...
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... fact that he lied but that on television he looks like a liar . Which , if true , should bring no com- fort to anyone , not even veteran Nixon - haters . For the alternative possibilities are that one may look like a liar but be telling ...
... fact that he lied but that on television he looks like a liar . Which , if true , should bring no com- fort to anyone , not even veteran Nixon - haters . For the alternative possibilities are that one may look like a liar but be telling ...
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Simplicity WILLIAM ZINSSER | 13 |
Freewriting PETER ELBOW | 19 |
Revising Your Own Manuscript | 28 |
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