Sorry velvet that doesn't cut it (in terms of an argument that you are telling the truth about him - the reason you have not been in court is because the person you are slandering could not be bothered. He is the only one who can initiate that sort of legal action. So have a little thought about that one and like I suggested - go do a Little work to get your facts straight BECAUSE you, very obviously, have not.
And your 2nd paragraph really is an out and out lie. No University whether Union or not, will talk to someone, who just happens to call up, about the specifics of some previous student's work there. It is like you calling up his GP and his/her office giving you the run down on what the diagnosis was on a bronchial cough he had and what antibiotics he was prescribed.
Regarding your last paragraph - see my response to 'Anonymous' under subject heading 'Who knows Dean variation' subheading 'I Do'.
Last point re: "The very facts that you are accusing us of not having researched, I can't see how you could possibly have researched them yourself." Uhhhh, I didn't research anything, I have know the guy since high school and because he is a close friend of mine, he knows what I have done over the years and I certainly know what he has done, experienced and a lot of personal things that friends share! You know - good friends, trust, understanding, acceptance - therefore you got the goods on them and they have the goods on you!!!! Besides, I have done a PhD, I have had similar experiences with people like Miller-Newton, so it is a pretty easy transfer of information between him and I. Plus, I was on the UMI website one night and happened to do a search on his Masters and PhD dissertations out of curiousity - I wanted to see how many pages his PhD was because I knew it was more than the usual number. So, i got a great laugh when I saw it was something like 1100+. That is the Dean I know - incredibly competent and hard working. Most doctoral dissertations are from 200 - 350 pages, but as I said in the post I just referred to - his committee chair had to get him to stop because she said he had done enough work for 4 doctoral dissertations.
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