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Solving => Today's Puzzles => Topic started by: magus on June 25, 2012, 08:13:08 AM
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Possible Title: Bigger Yet
Theme: The letters XL appearing together in phrases
Good Ones:
Size {and theme} EXTRALARGE
By the Way:
TEXTILES also has XL --- but not abutting.
Some Nits to Pick:
Perform at the top of one’s game EXCEL [When I perform at the top of my tennis game, I still don’t excel. Only some excel.]
Honorary law degs. LLDS [Law school graduates will be surprised to know their degrees are really only honorary.]
RATING: ;D Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun
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According to Wikipedia, "In the United States of America, the LL.D. is awarded as an honorary degree only".
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Thanks, rbe.
I don't trust Wikipedia, but I do Webster's, which makes no mention of the doctor of laws being honorary. And, if Wikipedia were correct, would that mean that lawyers don't have an earned degree? Perhaps Esq. is honorary.
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Do we trust Lewis & Clark Law School?
http://law.lclark.edu/programs/environmental_and_natural_resources_law/us_law_degrees/
They list the types of law degrees and end with this:
The LL.D. (Doctor of Laws) degree is an honorary degree and is not obtained through study in a law school.
Marya
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Just looked up LLD and found that in some jurisdictions it is an honorary degree while in others it is earned. Where it's honorary, the earned degree is a JD. What this means is that I was wrong about the clue because at times an LLD is honorary, my ego is damaged, and I will forever loathe lawyers who can't even agree on the definition of a law degree. As a famous law teacher once said, "it depends on what the meaning of is is."
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My daughter and her husband are both lawyers and have J.D.s.
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Well I don't hate them. :)