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From: hawk@oliven.UUCP (Rick)
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Subject: Re: On Wasting Time . . . . an essay by James Michener
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Date: Fri, 21-Dec-84 14:13:04 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 21 14:13:04 1984
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>> 		          ON WASTING TIME
>> 
>> 	We all worry about wasting time, about the years sliding past, 
>> about what we intend to do with our lives.  We shouldn't.  

>I guess Michener was trying to be succinct here... His books tend to
>wordiness, but are enjoyable for all that, but I really do think that
>this might be going a bit too far in the opposite direction.

>And a professor who labels this an "essay" is in for a problem with
>students turning in two sentences as their "essay" on some assigned
>topic or another. 

Some recent Stanford applications (successful) included the following:

Definition of courage:   "This."

Name the word that your friends would be most likely to use to describe you and
write an essay:   "Concise"

And the one that we tried to get my brother to use (he got in anyway):

Name the word that your friends would be most likely to use to describe you and
write an essay:   "Egotistical.  Damn, I'm good."

rick