"It has long been known that..."
- I haven't bothered to look up the reference.

"While it has not been possible to provide definite answers to these questions..."
- The experiment didn't work out, but I figured I could at
least get a publication out of it.

"The W-PO system was chosen for detailed study..."
- The lab next door already had some prepared.

"Three samples were chosen for detailed study..."
- The results on the others didn't make sense and were ignored.

"Handled with extreme care throughout the experiment..."
- Not dropped on the floor.

"Accidentally strained during mounting..."
- Dropped on the floor.

"Typical results are shown..."
- The best results are shown, i.e. those that fit the dogma.

Agreement with predicted curve:
"Excellent" = fair
"Good" = poor
"Satisfactory" = Doubtful
"Fair" = Imaginary

"Correct within an order of magnitude..."
- Wrong.

"Of great theoretical and practical importance..."
- Interesting to me.

"It is suggested that... it is believed that... it appears that..."
- I think.

"It is generally believed that..."
- A couple of other people think so too.

"The most reliable results are those obtained by Jones..."v - Jones was my graduate student.

"Fascinating work..."
- Work by a member of our group.

"Of doubtful significance..."
- Work done by someone else.