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		carbocation on April 13, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford CS enrollment increase "downright scary" Surely he's just using it as a readily understood metonym for liberal arts majors broadly writ.

shadowfox on April 14, 2011 [–]

If the grandparent is indeed right and OP's intention is as you say, it even more trite. If even the sample was not correctly chosen, I am not sure I would believe the generalization :P

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