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Posted 5 Months, 2 Weeks ago
quest2006
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Ernie, a university student nearing the end of his degree course, entered the lecture theater one morning expecting to be told the subject of the dissertation which he needed to write to complete his course. It should have

been a formality but he, and his fellow students, ended up being quite bemused when, instead of being told what direction to take by their lecturer

they were confronted with this message, displayed on the lecture hall projector.

Good morning class, After teaching you lot for three years I feel I deserve a holiday and as such am currently on a plane to foreign climes. You will be receiving no guidance whatsoever from me on your dissertations as I shall be far too preoccupied sipping pina colada's on the beaches of Barbados. Don't fear, however, I've not left you completely in the lurch. I will at least tell you

the basic subject I want you to write about. He is a man you should all be familiar with. At the very least you will be aware of his work. I will leave

it up to you to figure out who he is but I have provided you with enough information to piece together his identity.

Below this rather astonishing note were the following seemingly random words.

1) Bode, Rye, He's, Vial 2) Tex, Hay, Mow, Grey, Shuns, Pecked. 3) Chest, Hurt, Tier, Hours, Bar 4) Wren, He, Fore, Hick, Knew, Wrest, Oft, Chilled 5) Ma, Bead, King, Board, Tequila

Good luck!

Fortunately for the students their collective brainpower was such that they were able to work out who they were supposed to write about in time for the deadlines.

Who was the subject of their dissertations?
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Posted 5 Months, 2 Weeks ago
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Quoted material serves as spoiler space...

As the other 'competition' puzzles are already being discussed, I'll post about this one. This is a nice puzzle, nicely presented.

I haven't figured out *everything* about this yet, but I have figured out enough to determine with reasonable certainty that their dissertation is about Herman Melville.

Now that people know that this puzzle is solvable without ESP (unlike the 'count, area, ...' one posted recently, apparently , I will leave it to someone else to post a justification for my answer.

Craig K.
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Posted 5 Months, 2 Weeks ago
kdavis004
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That's it exactly guys. Well done. Hope you liked the puzzle.
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