dissertation
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He married Catherine Sears in 1967, shortly before finishing his dissertation.
The deaths of her grandparents in quick succession left her so distraught — they had raised her — that she never finished her dissertation.
From Salon
She was hired by Bank of America while still working on her dissertation.
The bio on his other two books—one based on his grad school dissertation and one short story collection—says, “He lives with his wife and two daughters in the Philadelphia suburbs.”
From Literature
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At university in Birmingham, he is finishing a Masters dissertation on second homes and the effectiveness of new developments in Cornwall - an issue close to his heart.
From BBC
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