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To: yucks
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Subject: From another list
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From: Gene Spafford <spaf>
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Date: Mon, 15 Oct 90 17:34:49 EST
I'd hate to know how many of these have been (or will be) used to
describe me!
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>From the July issue of /Harper's Magazine/.
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/From a memorandum circulated to members of a search committee at the
University of California. The committee was created to recommend a new dean of
the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences./
To: Fellow Members, Dean's Search Committee
From: Ad Hoc Committee on Referee Rhetoric, Leo Braudy, Chair
Due to some confusion in interpreting the comments included in candidates'
letters of reference, we have put together a glossary of terminological
translation that we hope will help your deliberations.
bridge builder: likes to compromise
charismatic: no interest in any opinion but his own; gives frequent print and
television interviews
committed to the university: appears at every cocktail party
consults with faculty: indecisive
doesn't suffer fools gladly: rude and abrasive
intensely interested in graduate education: hates teaching
intensely interested in undergraduate education: has ceased to do her own
scholarly work
internationally known: likes to go to or run conferences
listens well: has no ideas of his own
mover and shaker: doesn't care what anybody else thinks; favors steamroller
tactics
remarkably intelligent: listens without yawning when I describe my latest
article
straightforward: blunt and insensitive
very solid in his field: no administrative experience
visionary: can't handle paperwork
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