June 13, 2003

If Dissertations Could Talk, What Would They Say?

By WILLIAM GERMANO

You open a young scholar's first book, the one based on his doctoral thesis.

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You begin in earnest. Your intentions are the best. But before long, you're flipping ahead to see just how many pages there are. It's a diversion tactic, and you know it. The maneuver