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    Attention & Memory Entry #0181

    The reason the first and last items survive the list

    Recall of a list is reliably U-shaped. The ends are protected by two different mechanisms, and the middle is protected by neither.

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    The hidden part #0181

    Two mechanisms guard two ends. Primacy survives a delay and recency does not, which is how they are told apart.

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    Rhetoric & Omission Entry #0581

    The reason a concession makes the following claim stronger

    In a sentence built around but, the clause after the conjunction carries the argument. The concession before it supplies balance and costs almost nothing.

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    The hidden part #0581

    But is not a balance; it is a hinge. Everything before it is conceded and everything after it is asserted.

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    Persuasion Systems Entry #0265

    Why the last speaker wins an undecided room

    Order effects depend on the interval between arguments and the moment of decision. Where a vote follows immediately, the final case is the one still intact.

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    The hidden part #0265

    Order is not the variable. The interval between the last argument and the decision is.

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    Rhetoric & Omission Entry #0592

    Why the last sentence carries the position

    A balanced account ends somewhere, and where it ends is what gets retained. The final clause reads as the conclusion the evidence reached.

    Adept
    The hidden part #0592

    Balance is measured in allocation and delivered in order. Where the passage stops is what the reader keeps.

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