TITLE: Why Can't I Use <TT>flatten</TT> on This Assignment?
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: February 24, 2015  3:03 PM
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<BLOCKQUOTE><EM>
The team is in the weight room.  Your coach wants you to work
on your upper-body strength and so has assigned you a regimen
that includes bench presses and exercises for your lats and
delts.  You are on the bench, struggling.

"Hey, coach, this is pretty hard.  Can I use my legs to help
lift this weight?"

The coach shakes his head and wonders what he is going to do
with you.
</EM></BLOCKQUOTE>

Using your legs is precisely <B>not</B> the point.  You need
to make your other muscles stronger.  Stick to the bench.

<CENTER> ~~~~ </CENTER>

If athletics isn't your thing, we can tell this story with a
piano.  Or a pen and paper.  Or a chessboard.
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