He switched over, and when he got to the point of writing his thesis he literally could not get the faculty to read it, he couldn't get them to come to his thesis defense.

到写论文时，老师根本不看他的论文，也不参加他的论文答辩。

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A final comprehensive examination or, subject to the decision of a program advisor, a thesis requiring a formal oral defense in lieu of the comprehensive examination.

最后一个全面的检查，或受程序顾问决定，正式论文要求在全面的检查，以代替答辩。

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The thesis deals with the concept and form of the takeover defense of corporation in the U.

本文论述了美国公司反收购的概念与形式；

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So, we can think about what would happen if we're on his thesis defense, we're on his thesis committee, we would need to think of some pretty mean, hard, nasty questions that's what happens when you defend your thesis.

所以，我们可以设想一下,如果我们在他的论文答辩会上,担任论文委员会的成员，那么会发生些什么，我们会想一些非常严厉的,冷酷无情的，险恶的问题,那也是你们在论文答辩时,会遇到的情况。

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To recap: Coughlin is the author of an impressive 330-page master's thesis on the subject which was recently accepted by the Defense Intelligence University.

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