Daniel-San wrote:

... There are many stories of people
writing dissertations that were approved by all but one member of the diss
committee. Stories abound about internal politics and reputations staked on
the refusal to sign a dissertation. There have been suicides and murders.
Whacked out ****.

I did undergrad research in a bug lab (fruit flies - behavior genetics)
and that exact thing happened. One member of the dissertation committee
wouldn't sign off on a PhD dissertation. The grad student went into the
prof's office, put a handgun on the table and asked the prof if perhaps
he didn't want to reconsider. The PhD was granted.

--
Ken Fortenberry