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<div class="">Trump University’s plagiarism policy (spoiler alert: there isn’t one)</div>
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Trump University had no plagiarism policy, because, when Melania Trump addressed the Republican National Convention Monday night, </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/us/politics/melania-trump-speech.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0" data-mce-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/us/politics/melania-trump-speech.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">she
copied several sentences</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; line-height: normal; widows: 1; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> from
Michelle Obama’s 2008 “First Lady” speech. Initial responses to Ms. Trump’s speech were positive, but shortly afterwards the plagiarism came to light, and the Republican Convention got the dose of show biz Donald Trump had promised. . . .</span></div>
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