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Subject:Re: The one-page tombstone From:Robert Plamondon <robert -at- PLAMONDON -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 20 Feb 1997 23:03:43 PST
Dan Wise writes:
>How do you summarize 30-40 years of experience in six different industries,
>doing a wide variety of different kinds of publications, using different
>production equipment/methods, and including supervisory and managerial
>experience, in one page and also have room for academics, honors, awards,
>achievements, and publications, let alone statement of a goal?
I wonder how many tombstones the average writer would require,
if there were no copy-editor to keep him down to a single slab?
-- Robert
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