diff --git a/dist/core/abstract-resume.js b/dist/core/abstract-resume.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ce0e81e..0000000
--- a/dist/core/abstract-resume.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-
-/**
-Definition of the AbstractResume class.
-@license MIT. See LICENSE.md for details.
-@module core/abstract-resume
- */
-
-(function() {
-  var AbstractResume, FluentDate, _, __;
-
-  _ = require('underscore');
-
-  __ = require('lodash');
-
-  FluentDate = require('./fluent-date');
-
-  AbstractResume = (function() {
-    function AbstractResume() {}
-
-
-    /**
-    Compute the total duration of the work history.
-    @returns The total duration of the sheet's work history, that is, the number
-    of years between the start date of the earliest job on the resume and the
-    *latest end date of all jobs in the work history*. This last condition is for
-    sheets that have overlapping jobs.
-     */
-
-    AbstractResume.prototype.duration = function(collKey, startKey, endKey, unit) {
-      var firstDate, hist, lastDate, new_e;
-      unit = unit || 'years';
-      hist = __.get(this, collKey);
-      if (!hist || !hist.length) {
-        return 0;
-      }
-      new_e = hist.map(function(job) {
-        var obj;
-        obj = _.pick(job, [startKey, endKey]);
-        if (!_.has(obj, endKey)) {
-          obj[endKey] = 'current';
-        }
-        if (obj && (obj[startKey] || obj[endKey])) {
-          obj = _.pairs(obj);
-          obj[0][1] = FluentDate.fmt(obj[0][1]);
-          if (obj.length > 1) {
-            obj[1][1] = FluentDate.fmt(obj[1][1]);
-          }
-        }
-        return obj;
-      });
-      new_e = _.filter(_.flatten(new_e, true), function(v) {
-        return v && v.length && v[0] && v[0].length;
-      });
-      if (!new_e || !new_e.length) {
-        return 0;
-      }
-      new_e = _.sortBy(new_e, function(elem) {
-        return elem[1].unix();
-      });
-      firstDate = _.first(new_e)[1];
-      lastDate = _.last(new_e)[1];
-      return lastDate.diff(firstDate, unit);
-    };
-
-
-    /**
-    Removes ignored or private fields from a resume object
-    @returns an object with the following structure:
-    {
-      scrubbed: the processed resume object
-      ignoreList: an array of ignored nodes that were removed
-      privateList: an array of private nodes that were removed
-    }
-     */
-
-    AbstractResume.prototype.scrubResume = function(rep, opts) {
-      var ignoreList, includePrivates, privateList, scrubbed, traverse;
-      traverse = require('traverse');
-      ignoreList = [];
-      privateList = [];
-      includePrivates = opts && opts["private"];
-      scrubbed = traverse(rep).map(function() {
-        if (!this.isLeaf) {
-          if (this.node.ignore === true || this.node.ignore === 'true') {
-            ignoreList.push(this.node);
-            this["delete"]();
-          } else if ((this.node["private"] === true || this.node["private"] === 'true') && !includePrivates) {
-            privateList.push(this.node);
-            this["delete"]();
-          }
-        }
-        if (_.isArray(this.node)) {
-          this.after(function() {
-            this.update(_.compact(this.node));
-          });
-        }
-      });
-      return {
-        scrubbed: scrubbed,
-        ingoreList: ignoreList,
-        privateList: privateList
-      };
-    };
-
-    return AbstractResume;
-
-  })();
-
-  module.exports = AbstractResume;
-
-}).call(this);
-
-//# sourceMappingURL=abstract-resume.js.map
diff --git a/dist/core/fresh-resume.js b/dist/core/fresh-resume.js
index c256e63..344c421 100644
--- a/dist/core/fresh-resume.js
+++ b/dist/core/fresh-resume.js
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
  */
 
 (function() {
-  var AbstractResume, CONVERTER, FS, FluentDate, FreshResume, JRSResume, MD, PATH, XML, _, __, _parseDates, extend, moment, validator,
-    extend1 = function(child, parent) { for (var key in parent) { if (hasProp.call(parent, key)) child[key] = parent[key]; } function ctor() { this.constructor = child; } ctor.prototype = parent.prototype; child.prototype = new ctor(); child.__super__ = parent.prototype; return child; },
-    hasProp = {}.hasOwnProperty;
+  var CONVERTER, FS, FluentDate, FreshResume, JRSResume, MD, PATH, XML, _, __, _parseDates, extend, moment, validator;
 
   FS = require('fs');
 
@@ -34,8 +32,6 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
 
   FluentDate = require('./fluent-date');
 
-  AbstractResume = require('./abstract-resume');
-
 
   /**
   A FRESH resume or CV. FRESH resumes are backed by JSON, and each FreshResume
@@ -43,12 +39,8 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
   @constructor
    */
 
-  FreshResume = (function(superClass) {
-    extend1(FreshResume, superClass);
-
-    function FreshResume() {
-      return FreshResume.__super__.constructor.apply(this, arguments);
-    }
+  FreshResume = (function() {
+    function FreshResume() {}
 
 
     /** Initialize the the FreshResume from JSON string data. */
@@ -77,9 +69,10 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
      */
 
     FreshResume.prototype.parseJSON = function(rep, opts) {
-      var ignoreList, privateList, ref, ref1, scrubbed;
+      var ignoreList, privateList, ref, ref1, scrubbed, scrubber;
       if (opts && opts.privatize) {
-        ref = this.scrubResume(rep, opts), scrubbed = ref.scrubbed, ignoreList = ref.ignoreList, privateList = ref.privateList;
+        scrubber = require('../utils/resume-scrubber');
+        ref = scrubber.scrubResume(rep, opts), scrubbed = ref.scrubbed, ignoreList = ref.ignoreList, privateList = ref.privateList;
       }
       extend(true, this, opts && opts.privatize ? scrubbed : rep);
       if (!((ref1 = this.imp) != null ? ref1.processed : void 0)) {
@@ -368,7 +361,9 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
     };
 
     FreshResume.prototype.duration = function(unit) {
-      return FreshResume.__super__.duration.call(this, 'employment.history', 'start', 'end', unit);
+      var inspector;
+      inspector = require('../inspectors/duration-inspector');
+      return inspector.run(this, 'employment.history', 'start', 'end', unit);
     };
 
 
@@ -415,7 +410,7 @@ Definition of the FRESHResume class.
 
     return FreshResume;
 
-  })(AbstractResume);
+  })();
 
 
   /**
diff --git a/dist/core/jrs-resume.js b/dist/core/jrs-resume.js
index be078ad..69f7396 100644
--- a/dist/core/jrs-resume.js
+++ b/dist/core/jrs-resume.js
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ Definition of the JRSResume class.
  */
 
 (function() {
-  var AbstractResume, CONVERTER, FS, JRSResume, MD, PATH, _, _parseDates, extend, moment, validator,
-    extend1 = function(child, parent) { for (var key in parent) { if (hasProp.call(parent, key)) child[key] = parent[key]; } function ctor() { this.constructor = child; } ctor.prototype = parent.prototype; child.prototype = new ctor(); child.__super__ = parent.prototype; return child; },
-    hasProp = {}.hasOwnProperty;
+  var CONVERTER, FS, JRSResume, MD, PATH, _, _parseDates, extend, moment, validator;
 
   FS = require('fs');
 
@@ -26,8 +24,6 @@ Definition of the JRSResume class.
 
   moment = require('moment');
 
-  AbstractResume = require('./abstract-resume');
-
 
   /**
   A JRS resume or CV. JRS resumes are backed by JSON, and each JRSResume object
@@ -35,14 +31,10 @@ Definition of the JRSResume class.
   @class JRSResume
    */
 
-  JRSResume = (function(superClass) {
+  JRSResume = (function() {
     var clear;
 
-    extend1(JRSResume, superClass);
-
-    function JRSResume() {
-      return JRSResume.__super__.constructor.apply(this, arguments);
-    }
+    function JRSResume() {}
 
 
     /** Initialize the the JSResume from string. */
@@ -71,10 +63,11 @@ Definition of the JRSResume class.
      */
 
     JRSResume.prototype.parseJSON = function(rep, opts) {
-      var ignoreList, privateList, ref, ref1, scrubbed;
+      var ignoreList, privateList, ref, ref1, scrubbed, scrubber;
       opts = opts || {};
       if (opts.privatize) {
-        ref = this.scrubResume(rep, opts), scrubbed = ref.scrubbed, ignoreList = ref.ignoreList, privateList = ref.privateList;
+        scrubber = require('../utils/resume-scrubber');
+        ref = scrubber.scrubResume(rep, opts), scrubbed = ref.scrubbed, ignoreList = ref.ignoreList, privateList = ref.privateList;
       }
       extend(true, this, opts.privatize ? scrubbed : rep);
       if (!((ref1 = this.imp) != null ? ref1.processed : void 0)) {
@@ -239,7 +232,9 @@ Definition of the JRSResume class.
     };
 
     JRSResume.prototype.duration = function(unit) {
-      return JRSResume.__super__.duration.call(this, 'work', 'startDate', 'endDate', unit);
+      var inspector;
+      inspector = require('../inspectors/duration-inspector');
+      return inspector.run(this, 'work', 'startDate', 'endDate', unit);
     };
 
 
@@ -339,7 +334,7 @@ Definition of the JRSResume class.
 
     return JRSResume;
 
-  })(AbstractResume);
+  })();
 
 
   /** Get the default (empty) sheet. */
diff --git a/dist/inspectors/duration-inspector.js b/dist/inspectors/duration-inspector.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b048a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/inspectors/duration-inspector.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+(function() {
+  var FluentDate, _;
+
+  FluentDate = require('../core/fluent-date');
+
+  _ = require('underscore');
+
+  module.exports = {
+
+    /**
+    Compute the total duration of the work history.
+    @returns The total duration of the sheet's work history, that is, the number
+    of years between the start date of the earliest job on the resume and the
+    *latest end date of all jobs in the work history*. This last condition is for
+    sheets that have overlapping jobs.
+     */
+    run: function(rez, collKey, startKey, endKey, unit) {
+      var firstDate, hist, lastDate, new_e;
+      unit = unit || 'years';
+      hist = __.get(rez, collKey);
+      if (!hist || !hist.length) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+      new_e = hist.map(function(job) {
+        var obj;
+        obj = _.pick(job, [startKey, endKey]);
+        if (!_.has(obj, endKey)) {
+          obj[endKey] = 'current';
+        }
+        if (obj && (obj[startKey] || obj[endKey])) {
+          obj = _.pairs(obj);
+          obj[0][1] = FluentDate.fmt(obj[0][1]);
+          if (obj.length > 1) {
+            obj[1][1] = FluentDate.fmt(obj[1][1]);
+          }
+        }
+        return obj;
+      });
+      new_e = _.filter(_.flatten(new_e, true), function(v) {
+        return v && v.length && v[0] && v[0].length;
+      });
+      if (!new_e || !new_e.length) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+      new_e = _.sortBy(new_e, function(elem) {
+        return elem[1].unix();
+      });
+      firstDate = _.first(new_e)[1];
+      lastDate = _.last(new_e)[1];
+      return lastDate.diff(firstDate, unit);
+    }
+  };
+
+}).call(this);
+
+//# sourceMappingURL=duration-inspector.js.map
diff --git a/dist/utils/resume-scrubber.js b/dist/utils/resume-scrubber.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93bc636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/utils/resume-scrubber.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+(function() {
+  module.exports = {
+
+    /**
+    Removes ignored or private fields from a resume object
+    @returns an object with the following structure:
+    {
+      scrubbed: the processed resume object
+      ignoreList: an array of ignored nodes that were removed
+      privateList: an array of private nodes that were removed
+    }
+     */
+    scrubResume: function(rep, opts) {
+      var ignoreList, includePrivates, privateList, scrubbed, traverse;
+      traverse = require('traverse');
+      ignoreList = [];
+      privateList = [];
+      includePrivates = opts && opts["private"];
+      scrubbed = traverse(rep).map(function() {
+        if (!this.isLeaf) {
+          if (this.node.ignore === true || this.node.ignore === 'true') {
+            ignoreList.push(this.node);
+            this["delete"]();
+          } else if ((this.node["private"] === true || this.node["private"] === 'true') && !includePrivates) {
+            privateList.push(this.node);
+            this["delete"]();
+          }
+        }
+        if (_.isArray(this.node)) {
+          this.after(function() {
+            this.update(_.compact(this.node));
+          });
+        }
+      });
+      return {
+        scrubbed: scrubbed,
+        ingoreList: ignoreList,
+        privateList: privateList
+      };
+    }
+  };
+
+}).call(this);
+
+//# sourceMappingURL=resume-scrubber.js.map
diff --git a/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee b/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 13ce00c..0000000
--- a/src/core/abstract-resume.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-###*
-Definition of the AbstractResume class.
-@license MIT. See LICENSE.md for details.
-@module core/abstract-resume
-###
-
-_ = require 'underscore'
-__ = require 'lodash'
-FluentDate = require('./fluent-date')
-
-class AbstractResume
-
-  ###*
-  Compute the total duration of the work history.
-  @returns The total duration of the sheet's work history, that is, the number
-  of years between the start date of the earliest job on the resume and the
-  *latest end date of all jobs in the work history*. This last condition is for
-  sheets that have overlapping jobs.
-  ###
-  duration: (collKey, startKey, endKey, unit) ->
-    unit = unit || 'years'
-    hist = __.get @, collKey
-    return 0 if !hist or !hist.length
-
-    # BEGIN CODE DUPLICATION --> src/inspectors/gap-inspector.coffee (TODO)
-
-    # Convert the candidate's employment history to an array of dates,
-    # where each element in the array is a start date or an end date of a
-    # job -- it doesn't matter which.
-    new_e = hist.map ( job ) ->
-      obj = _.pick( job, [startKey, endKey] )
-      # Synthesize an end date if this is a "current" gig
-      obj[endKey] = 'current' if !_.has obj, endKey
-      if obj && (obj[startKey] || obj[endKey])
-        obj = _.pairs obj
-        obj[0][1] = FluentDate.fmt( obj[0][1] )
-        if obj.length > 1
-          obj[1][1] = FluentDate.fmt( obj[1][1] )
-      obj
-
-    # Flatten the array, remove empties, and sort
-    new_e = _.filter _.flatten( new_e, true ), (v) ->
-      return v && v.length && v[0] && v[0].length
-    return 0 if !new_e or !new_e.length
-    new_e = _.sortBy new_e, ( elem ) -> return elem[1].unix()
-
-    # END CODE DUPLICATION
-
-    firstDate = _.first( new_e )[1];
-    lastDate = _.last( new_e )[1];
-    lastDate.diff firstDate, unit
-
-  ###*
-  Removes ignored or private fields from a resume object
-  @returns an object with the following structure:
-  {
-    scrubbed: the processed resume object
-    ignoreList: an array of ignored nodes that were removed
-    privateList: an array of private nodes that were removed
-  }
-  ###
-  scrubResume: (rep, opts) ->
-    traverse = require 'traverse'
-    ignoreList = []
-    privateList = []
-    includePrivates = opts && opts.private
-
-    scrubbed = traverse( rep ).map () -> # [^1]
-      if !@isLeaf
-        if @node.ignore == true || @node.ignore == 'true'
-          ignoreList.push @node
-          @delete()
-        else if (@node.private == true || @node.private == 'true') && !includePrivates
-          privateList.push @node
-          @delete()
-      if _.isArray(@node) # [^2]
-        @after () ->
-          @update _.compact this.node
-          return
-      return
-
-    scrubbed: scrubbed
-    ingoreList: ignoreList
-    privateList: privateList
-
-module.exports = AbstractResume
-
-
-# [^1]: As of v0.6.6, the NPM traverse library has a quirk when attempting
-# to remove array elements directly using traverse's `this.remove`. See:
-#
-# https://github.com/substack/js-traverse/issues/48
-#
-# [^2]: The workaround is to use traverse's 'this.delete' to nullify the value
-# first, followed by removal with something like _.compact.
-#
-# https://github.com/substack/js-traverse/issues/48#issuecomment-142607200
-#
diff --git a/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee b/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee
index 8a7e825..f24a073 100644
--- a/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee
+++ b/src/core/fresh-resume.coffee
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ MD = require 'marked'
 CONVERTER = require 'fresh-jrs-converter'
 JRSResume = require './jrs-resume'
 FluentDate = require './fluent-date'
-AbstractResume = require './abstract-resume'
 
 
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ A FRESH resume or CV. FRESH resumes are backed by JSON, and each FreshResume
 object is an instantiation of that JSON decorated with utility methods.
 @constructor
 ###
-class FreshResume extends AbstractResume
+class FreshResume# extends AbstractResume
 
 
 
@@ -55,7 +54,8 @@ class FreshResume extends AbstractResume
 
     if opts and opts.privatize
       # Ignore any element with the 'ignore: true' or 'private: true' designator.
-      { scrubbed, ignoreList, privateList } = @scrubResume rep, opts
+      scrubber = require '../utils/resume-scrubber'
+      { scrubbed, ignoreList, privateList } = scrubber.scrubResume rep, opts
 
     # Now apply the resume representation onto this object
     extend true, @, if opts and opts.privatize then scrubbed else rep
@@ -299,7 +299,9 @@ class FreshResume extends AbstractResume
 
 
   duration: (unit) ->
-    super('employment.history', 'start', 'end', unit)
+    inspector = require '../inspectors/duration-inspector'
+    inspector.run @, 'employment.history', 'start', 'end', unit
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/core/jrs-resume.coffee b/src/core/jrs-resume.coffee
index e7b2835..2834625 100644
--- a/src/core/jrs-resume.coffee
+++ b/src/core/jrs-resume.coffee
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ PATH = require('path')
 MD = require('marked')
 CONVERTER = require('fresh-jrs-converter')
 moment = require('moment')
-AbstractResume = require('./abstract-resume')
 
 
 ###*
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ A JRS resume or CV. JRS resumes are backed by JSON, and each JRSResume object
 is an instantiation of that JSON decorated with utility methods.
 @class JRSResume
 ###
-class JRSResume extends AbstractResume
+class JRSResume# extends AbstractResume
 
 
 
@@ -49,8 +48,9 @@ class JRSResume extends AbstractResume
   parseJSON: ( rep, opts ) ->
     opts = opts || { };
     if opts.privatize
+      scrubber = require '../utils/resume-scrubber'
       # Ignore any element with the 'ignore: true' or 'private: true' designator.
-      { scrubbed, ignoreList, privateList } = @scrubResume rep, opts
+      { scrubbed, ignoreList, privateList } = scrubber.scrubResume rep, opts
 
     # Extend resume properties onto ourself.
     extend true, this, if opts.privatize then scrubbed else rep
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ class JRSResume extends AbstractResume
 
 
   duration: (unit) ->
-    super('work', 'startDate', 'endDate', unit)
+    inspector = require '../inspectors/duration-inspector';
+    inspector.run @, 'work', 'startDate', 'endDate', unit
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/inspectors/duration-inspector.coffee b/src/inspectors/duration-inspector.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a93e78b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/inspectors/duration-inspector.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+FluentDate = require '../core/fluent-date'
+_ = require 'underscore'
+
+module.exports =
+
+  ###*
+  Compute the total duration of the work history.
+  @returns The total duration of the sheet's work history, that is, the number
+  of years between the start date of the earliest job on the resume and the
+  *latest end date of all jobs in the work history*. This last condition is for
+  sheets that have overlapping jobs.
+  ###
+  run: (rez, collKey, startKey, endKey, unit) ->
+    unit = unit || 'years'
+    hist = __.get rez, collKey
+    return 0 if !hist or !hist.length
+
+    # BEGIN CODE DUPLICATION --> src/inspectors/gap-inspector.coffee (TODO)
+
+    # Convert the candidate's employment history to an array of dates,
+    # where each element in the array is a start date or an end date of a
+    # job -- it doesn't matter which.
+    new_e = hist.map ( job ) ->
+      obj = _.pick( job, [startKey, endKey] )
+      # Synthesize an end date if this is a "current" gig
+      obj[endKey] = 'current' if !_.has obj, endKey
+      if obj && (obj[startKey] || obj[endKey])
+        obj = _.pairs obj
+        obj[0][1] = FluentDate.fmt( obj[0][1] )
+        if obj.length > 1
+          obj[1][1] = FluentDate.fmt( obj[1][1] )
+      obj
+
+    # Flatten the array, remove empties, and sort
+    new_e = _.filter _.flatten( new_e, true ), (v) ->
+      return v && v.length && v[0] && v[0].length
+    return 0 if !new_e or !new_e.length
+    new_e = _.sortBy new_e, ( elem ) -> return elem[1].unix()
+
+    # END CODE DUPLICATION
+
+    firstDate = _.first( new_e )[1];
+    lastDate = _.last( new_e )[1];
+    lastDate.diff firstDate, unit
diff --git a/src/utils/resume-scrubber.coffee b/src/utils/resume-scrubber.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff54411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/resume-scrubber.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+module.exports =
+
+  ###*
+  Removes ignored or private fields from a resume object
+  @returns an object with the following structure:
+  {
+    scrubbed: the processed resume object
+    ignoreList: an array of ignored nodes that were removed
+    privateList: an array of private nodes that were removed
+  }
+  ###
+  scrubResume: (rep, opts) ->
+    traverse = require 'traverse'
+    ignoreList = []
+    privateList = []
+    includePrivates = opts && opts.private
+
+    scrubbed = traverse( rep ).map () -> # [^1]
+      if !@isLeaf
+        if @node.ignore == true || @node.ignore == 'true'
+          ignoreList.push @node
+          @delete()
+        else if (@node.private == true || @node.private == 'true') && !includePrivates
+          privateList.push @node
+          @delete()
+      if _.isArray(@node) # [^2]
+        @after () ->
+          @update _.compact this.node
+          return
+      return
+
+    scrubbed: scrubbed
+    ingoreList: ignoreList
+    privateList: privateList
+
+
+
+# [^1]: As of v0.6.6, the NPM traverse library has a quirk when attempting
+# to remove array elements directly using traverse's `this.remove`. See:
+#
+# https://github.com/substack/js-traverse/issues/48
+#
+# [^2]: The workaround is to use traverse's 'this.delete' to nullify the value
+# first, followed by removal with something like _.compact.
+#
+# https://github.com/substack/js-traverse/issues/48#issuecomment-142607200
+#