DOWLING, J., February 10, 1992.
One of the most fertile subjects for comedy is the scenario in which a person who has been either ordered or forbidden to do something tries to get around the restrictions by complying with the directive in letter, but not in spirit. A famous old story from academia recounts how a history professor, angered at what he considered to be his class's inattention, ordered each of them to write a 2,000-word essay on the Spanish Inquisition...
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