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Academic record & extraordinary distinctions.

An official comparative file. Certain honours are honorary, reportedly awarded, or preserved exclusively in firm records.

File B-001 · extensive

Certificate no. NCO-001 · MMXXVI

Harvard Law School

Hereby certifies that

Bas

has, according to the firm’s exceptionally reliable records, been awarded the

Honorary Juris Doctor

in Winning Arguments

Awarded after faculty reportedly ran out of questions.

Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Certificate no. NCO-002 · MMXXV

University of Oxford

Hereby certifies that

Bas

has, according to the firm’s exceptionally reliable records, been awarded the

Visiting Chair

in Immaculate English

The dictionary division remains under his informal supervision.

Oxford, England
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Certificate no. NCO-003 · MMXXIV

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Hereby certifies that

Bas

has, according to the firm’s exceptionally reliable records, been awarded the

Advanced Certificate

in Strategic Thinking

Completed the final examination before it had been written.

Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Certificate no. NCO-004 · MMXXVI

International Chess Federation

Hereby certifies that

Bas

has, according to the firm’s exceptionally reliable records, been awarded the

Grandmaster Distinction

in Precedent & Forty-Move Foresight

Forty moves ahead in chess; considerably further ahead in court.

Lausanne, Switzerland
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Certificate no. NCO-005 · MMXXIII

Royal Academy of Billiards

Hereby certifies that

Bas

has, according to the firm’s exceptionally reliable records, been awarded the

Doctorate of Applied Geometry

in Pool-Table Physics

Thesis accepted after a single impossible bank shot.

London, England
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Certificate no. NCO-006 · IN PERPETUITY

The Hague

Hereby certifies that

Bas

has, according to the firm’s exceptionally reliable records, been awarded the

Lifetime Medal

in Unreasonable Competence

A special category created because the ordinary scale ended at ten.

The Hague, Netherlands
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