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Re:I can get your kid into an Ivy by reitzensteinm on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @02:00AM (#88628)
Or just offer a money back guarantee and honour it. Make 50k off of the 20% who make it through, and Robert's yer mother's brother.
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Re:I can get your kid into an Ivy by sethg on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @12:19PM (#88772)
Alan Dershowitz once told the story of a court clerk who would approach the plaintiffs in every trial and say "For $5,000 I'll try to convince the judge to rule in your favor. If you still lose the case I'll give you your money back." Then he would make the same offer to the defendants.
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Re:I can get your kid into an Ivy by aston on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @12:21PM (#88773)
His mistake was not keeping the vigorish.
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Re:I can get your kid into an Ivy by edw519 on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @09:00PM (#88960)
OTOH, with the speed of our court system, he probably could've made a nice little income on the interest.
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