Dictum

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This axiom is known as the Dictum de Omni et Nullo.

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  • The sports-loving aliens have become obsessed with their odd version of our cowboy mythos and have enlisted many of our domestic students in their competitions Faculty Dictum: Duels on our campus are proscribed as false replications of historical practices, as are intoxication, plagiarism, the consumption of live fish, and the theft of undergarments belonging to students of any gender. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
  • Many were murdered by angry mobs; most were able to escape via one of the dozen or so spaceports housing the aliens' strange, organic spacecraft Faculty Dictum: Genocide, however merited, is strictly prohibited on campus for nearly all ethnic groups. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
  • When all departmental proposals had been aired, all opinions expressed in exacting detail -- and then repeated -- our chair, wise and experienced, struck her gavel (again, metaphorically) and reactivated integration Faculty Dictum: Campus regulations and policies will be formulated strictly by means of democratic processes, and in full consultation with all members of the campus community, whenever time allows. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
  • But as our fine groundskeepers demonstrated, they have other parts of equal vulnerability Faculty Dictum: Students distinguishing themselves in extracurricular activities such as competitive sports which bring renown to our campus community can expect swift promotion and early commencement By Robin Wilson The author denies those rumors circulating of a showdown he might have had on the California streets of Carmel-by-the-sea with a gunslinger by the name of Eastwood. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 05 - May 2000
  • Lord Acton's Dictum: Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ore, and all original material, © 2002-2004 E. L. Core —  The Blog from the Core
 

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