111 items that should not make a dissertation
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A list of items that should not be found in a scholarly dissertation. A tool to break writer's block and finish dissertations.TRANSCRIPT
111items that should not make a dissertation
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useless, yet potential defense saving advice
for student writers and those who love them
Created 2012
by Tom Curtis
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