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The Internal Revenue Code of 1954, a document longer than "War and Peace", is phrased -inevitably, perhaps- in the sort of jargon that stuns the mind and disheartens the spirit.

— John Brooks

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All the evidence suggests that communication between people by whatever means, far from simply accomplishing its purpose, simply creates the need for more.

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