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A Lesson in Writing from 1944

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Cary Millsap

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A Lesson in Writing from 1944

This week’s featured article is one of my favorites from 2008.

I watched the Presidential debate tonight. One of the candidates mentioned a pair of letters that General Dwight David Eisenhower wrote in 1944. He wrote one letter that he would use in the event of a victorious Normandy invasion, and he wrote another one that he would use in the event of a defeat. I… See more ›​

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If 10,000,000 read calls take 80,000 seconds, then how many seconds will 5,000,000 read calls take? The answer may shock you.

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