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{{a|negotiation|}}“[[If in doubt, stick it in]].”  
{{a|negotiation|}}“[[If in doubt, stick it in]].” A finger-post to the nearest [[negotiation oubliette]].


Known as [[Casanova’s advice]] or the [[Credit officer’s refrain]], this is an admonition that rings daily around the cloistered spaces of every institution but is only offered, in these pages, with a generous helping of irony.  
Known as [[Casanova’s advice]] or the [[Credit officer’s refrain]], this is an admonition that rings daily around the cloistered spaces of every institution but is only offered, in these pages, with a generous helping of irony.  


Better advice: [[murder your darlings]]. Or, as our brethren [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyers]] would say, [[murder your darlings|subject one’s darlings, or procure that such darlings are subjected to, culpable homicide]].
Better advice: ''[[murder your darlings]]''. Or, as our brethren [[Mediocre lawyer|lawyers]] would say, [[murder your darlings|subject one’s darlings, or procure that such darlings are subjected to, culpable homicide]].


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*[[Negotiation oubliette]]
*[[Credit department]]
*[[Credit department]]
*[[Give it a try]]
*[[Give it a try]]
*[[Audit paradox]]
*[[Audit paradox]]


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If in doubt, stick it in.” A finger-post to the nearest negotiation oubliette.

Known as Casanova’s advice or the Credit officer’s refrain, this is an admonition that rings daily around the cloistered spaces of every institution but is only offered, in these pages, with a generous helping of irony.

Better advice: murder your darlings. Or, as our brethren lawyers would say, subject one’s darlings, or procure that such darlings are subjected to, culpable homicide.

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