Words of advice for letters of recommendation

The following letter to the editor was written by mathematics professor Gerald Folland and appeared in the April 2007 issue of the Notices of the AMS:

"From the chair of a hiring committee to everyone who writes letters for job candidates: Recommending someone "in the strongest possible terms" has become a cliché. I urge you in the strongest possible terms to find other ways of expressing your enthusiasm."

Nice!