And generally, you just buy the ad in the Washington Post and you can kind of throw it out in there and hope it works.

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"Without research we're into the territory of try it and hope it works, which is not what our students want or expect from us, " George says.

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"Hopefully, I can just use my force for even better good, and I hope that it works, " he says.

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Can one simply drop an outdated genre into the laps of modern moviegoers and hope that it still works?

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Do not bury your head in the sand and hope it will go away-such inaction never works and may increase your risk for a lawsuit.

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