Sound Familiar?

The Washington Post;  May 24, 2003 ;     150 words ......taught me. Nor is Mr. Kinsley's view consistent with the definitions of plagiarism in any of the half-dozen dictionaries and writing handbooks I consulted.For example, according to the Prentice Hall Handbook for Writers (11th edition), "Plagiarism consists of passing...

The writing of nurse managers: a neglected area of professional...

Business Communication Quarterly;  March 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......nursing. Scores of articles in nursing journals concern the writing of nurse managers, and the topic is treated in most writing handbooks for nurses and nursing students (for example, Ceccio & Ceccio, 1982; Gandolpho & Romano, 1984; Kolin & Kolin...

Student writing and pronoun reference: a study of inclusive language in...

Women and Language;  September 22, 1994 ;     700+ words ......Moulton, Robinson, & Elias, 1978; Bodine, 1983). Consequently, a variety of choices for pronominal usage are forwarded in writing handbooks. These choices usually include he and she, pluralizing referents, avoiding pronouns, and shifting between he and she. Other...

'Sins of the Father'

Insurance Brokers' Monthly and Insurance Adviser;  December 1, 2005 ;     225 words ......by an agent or publisher, let alone getting your opus published. I don't know about the latest editions, but the various writing handbooks used to glibly state that any literary agent will always read your manuscript, but I suspect these days that's very much...

Grammar in the student-centered composition class.

Radical Teacher;  December 22, 2005 ;     581 words ......written assignments in our own or other classes or getting the job they want when they graduate. Many instructors order Writing handbooks--all of them pretty similar in content--and hope that red marks on assignments will lead the bewildered student to open...

Renowned Ethicist Michael Hoffman Extends Partnership With LRN, Bringing...

PR Newswire;  December 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ......bring ethics more into the daily culture of organizations throughout the world. Dr. Hoffman first partnered with LRN in writing handbooks on topics including ethical decision-making and conflicts of interest. He has worked with senior staff at LRN to create...

From Wootton Educators, Recommendations on Internships

The Washington Post;  June 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......violence, setting up programs for social services, going to court with police officers and other department officials and writing handbooks for personnel. What about the intern who is in contact with victims of crime and abuse and makes sure a family with young...

(book reviews)

Renaissance Quarterly;  September 22, 1998 ;     671 words ......Hamlet: Spying, Discovery, Secret Faults, opens up new dimensions of these plays by discussing them in the context of letter-writing handbooks (secretaries) and the system of Elizabethan surveillance. Full notes make this book a valuable review of much of the recent...

Daily Market Movers Digest Stock Alerts, Friday, June 16th, EBOF, GZFX,...

M2 Presswire;  June 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Hard Thinking. Mr. Meyer and his wife, Jill, are co-authors of How to Write, which is among the world's most widely used writing handbooks. Mr. Meyer's essays on intelligence and politics have been published in The Wall Street Journal, National Review Online...

Pregnant Wife Hopes To Keep Lover, Too

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 10, 1993 ;     673 words ......handbook lists progressive steps toward termination, employers might be held to them. Smart employers are very careful when writing handbooks, and check with employment lawyers to clear up any doubts. Employees who have been fired without the progressive warnings...

'Employee Handbook' eases the way to legally sound policy. (Software...

HRMagazine;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......even allows you to select the tone you would like for the handbook (soft, medium or hard). After four or five years of writing handbooks and working from previous drafts to create new ones, consultant Barquer, president of HR Alternatives in Irvine, Calif...

AUDUBON'S FLOCK HOW A SHARPSHOOTING, BUCKSKIN-CLAD DANDY BECAME THE...

The Boston Globe;  October 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ......spotted, attend the nearly 300 birding festivals across North America, and help make the classic Peterson field guides and newer handbooks like "The Sibley Guide to Birds" perennial bestsellers. The spectacle touched off this summer on Martha's Vineyard by the...