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| #4548 |  | Robot, n.: University administrator.
 
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| #4549 |  | Robustness, adj.: Never having to say you're sorry.
 
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| #4550 |  | Rocky's Lemma of Innovation Prevention: Unless the results are known in advance, funding agencies will
 reject the proposal.
 
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| #4551 |  | Rudd's Discovery: You know that any senator or congressman could go home and make
 $300,000 to $400,000, but they don't.  Why?  Because they can
 stay in Washington and make it there.
 
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| #4552 |  | Rudin's Law: If there is a wrong way to do something, most people will
 do it every time.
 
 Rudin's Second Law:
 In a crisis that forces a choice to be made among alternative
 courses of action, people tend to choose the worst possible
 course.
 
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| #4553 |  | rugged, adj.: Too heavy to lift.
 
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| #4554 |  | Rule #1: The Boss is always right.
 
 Rule #2:
 If the Boss is wrong, see Rule #1.
 
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| #4555 |  | Rule of Creative Research: (1) Never draw what you can copy.
 (2) Never copy what you can trace.
 (3) Never trace what you can cut out and paste down.
 
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| #4556 |  | Rule of Defactualization: Information deteriorates upward through bureaucracies.
 
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| #4557 |  | Rule of Feline Frustration: When your cat has fallen asleep on your lap and looks utterly
 content and adorable, you will suddenly have to go to the
 bathroom.
 
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