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last chapter, 270
Latin abbreviations, 122
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (1743–94),
282
layer chart, 179
lead-in materials, 49–51, 52, 79, 95,
97, 205–6, 270
lead-out materials, 49–51, 52, 79, 95,
97, 205–6, 270
‘legacy’ views, 32
legal cases, referencing, 129
Lem, Stanislaw, 76, 281
‘less is more’ maxim, 208, 271
levels, sub-heads, 147
libraries, 203
life skills, 196
line graphs, 178
‘link’ elements, 143–6
Linux, 125
literature, 289–90
literature reviews, 15–16, 28–30, 32,
51, 53–8, 72, 83, 89, 113–14
‘loc. cit.’ references, 122
London School of Economics, xii,
xiii, 277–8, 279
London University, 27, 279
Lonergan, Bernard (1904–84), 283
Lotus, 172, 193
Lucas, George, 283

Machiavelli, Niccolò (1469–1527),
265
macro-structure (of thesis), 43–75, 285
managing expectations, 11–16, 38,
86–7, 89–94, 106–7, 154–5, 156,
371, 288
market rationale (for books), 258
marketing strategy (for books), 258–9
Marx, Karl (1818–83), 42, 281
masters degrees (MA, MSc), 11, 66
matrix pattern of argument, 72–4
maxims for authoring, 266–76
mean, 187, 190
mean-smoothing, 190
median, 187–9
median-smoothing, 190–1
Mellencamp, John, 280
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(1475–1564), 89, 282
midspread, 187–9
‘mid-term’ slump (in morale), 8,
22, 288

Mill, John Stuart (1806–73), xi, 42,

277, 279

Miller, G. A., 35, 280, 288

Mills, C. Wright (1916–62), 2, 53,

277, 281, 288

Minkin, Lewis, 35, 41, 280, 281,

283, 288

‘minor’ revisions, 220–5

miscuing, mis-signalling, 86–7

Modern Languages Association, 123,

283

monograph books, 251–4

Montaigne, Michel de (1533–92), 35,

280

Monty Python, 218, 285

morale, for writers, 8, 22, 133, 153–4,

288

Morton, Rebecca, 288

Moynihan, Daniel, 165

multiple submission (of articles),

249–50

Murdoch, Iris (1919–94), 111

Nabokov, Vladimir (1899–1977), 43,

281

narrative headings, 85, 95

narrative structures, 66

National Audit Office (UK), 157, 284

‘need to know’ criterion, 52–3, 61,

106–7, 121–2, 154, 159–65,

160–4, 184, 271–2

neologisms, 30, 90

Nietzsche, Friedrich (1844–1900),

134, 151, 155, 285

non-substantive headings, 85–6

notebook PCs, 151

notes, 35–7, 149–50

novels, 134–5

Nozick, Robert (1939–2002), 23, 24,

31, 279, 288

Nudist (software), 283

numbering sections (in chapters),

81–2

numerical progression (in data),

168–9, 181–2, 185, 272

Oakeshott, Michael (1901–90), x, xi,

11, 12, 264–5, 277, 285

objects (in sentences), 114–17

Office (Microsoft), 125

offprints, 234

‘omnibus’ journals, 230–1

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