The Watergate tapes reveal that Nixon and his aides were the prime victims of their own rhetoric in that they began to believe what they tried to sell the public. (JH)

Deprived of a given world an author can assume he shares with his readers, an author today is thereby also deprived of a given rhetoric and must create his own. (JH)

Drawing on her interviews with professional ghostwriters who work primarily in organizations, the author examines what this practice implies about society's current attitudes toward authorship, written work, and literacy in general. She also examines the ethical arguments that various critics of ghostwriting have made. (Contains 3 notes.)

Contends that communications textbooks uncritically accept and teach conformity, political passivity, and acceptance of the status quo. (JH)

An overconcern with the niceties of usage can undercut English teachers' efforts to eliminate public doublespeak. (JH)