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Merriam Webster's Collegiate Encyclopedia

Mark A. Stevens

"A comprehensive, one-volume desk reference created in cooperation with Encyclopædia Britannica®. Features more than 2.5 million words, 25,000 clear and precise articles, over 1700 illustrations, and 225 maps. Includes pronunciations."\\

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Criminal

Robin ordered a copy from a catalog, after having read several hundred books. He meticulously read through it and identified multiple errors, which he communicated to the editor, Mark Stevens.

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In 2004, he ordered an encyclopedia from a Merriam-Webster catalog.

— Episode: The Editor

Episode: The Editor

Robin ordered a copy from a catalog, after having read several hundred books. He meticulously read through it and identified multiple errors, which he communicated to the editor, Mark Stevens.

"

In 2004, he ordered an encyclopedia from a Merriam-Webster catalog.

It contained 2.5 million words, a gigantic book of 1,800 pages.

By the time that I got a hold of the Merriam-Webster's desktop collegiate encyclopedia, always get the whole thing out because it's impressive for me.

By the time I got to that point, I had probably read five, 600 books.

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