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The age of understatement
How heart-warming to hear a politician underselling his achievements.
Issue 13, July 2006
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THE PLAIN TEXT GAZETTE – Issue 13, July 2006
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Contents
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* Editorial
* White papers! Huh! What are they good for?
* Another gratuitous cycling reference
* Language miscellany
Editorial
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It’s been a while since the last Plain Text Gazette — over a year, in fact. Does this make us the most relaxed email newsletter on the web? We hope so. Amongst [...]
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