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Re:The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing by fnordfnordfnord on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @08:59AM (#10457667)
> it is in the law reviews that a pennyworth of content is most frequently concealed beneath a pound of so-called style. The average law review writer is peculiarly able to say nothing with an air of great importance.

I like this fellow.

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Re:The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing by mercurialshark on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @09:25AM (#10457808)
While I would agree, I still find Judge Posner and Justice Scalia's writing full of puckish eloquence and therefore entertaining...
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Re:The Needless Complexity of Academic Writing by fnordfnordfnord on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @08:45AM (#10464070)
The GP link was written in the 1930's so, I'll forgive him for failing to notice his successors.

Here's one of my favorites: https://randazza.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/cybernet-tradem...

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