tampered by the knowledge

[William Salmon]

Quoting "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>:

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> On Jul 21, 2007, at 8:34 AM, Michael Covarrubias wrote:
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>> Quoting "Arnold M. Zwicky" <zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU>:
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>>> Let me tell you how. With what I've experienced as a Search Quality
>>> Analyst, Google, the best way to become an analyst is not to get
>>> tampered by the knowledge that might be passed in totality to you
>>> from some senior analyst.
>>> http://researchatmdi.blogspot.com/2007/07/first-sophisticated-
>>> seminar.html
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>>
>> Could the writer possibly be meaning "hampered" and "tethered"?
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> "hampered" is a really good suggestion.
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> arnold


A little less likely, but could be the verb 'to tamp' is contributing,
too.

Will

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