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• AN INFORMED SOURCE - The guy who told the guy you just met.
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• A RELIABLE SOURCE - The guy you just met. -- THE ALL-PURPOSE BUSINESSMAN'S VOCABULARY
• CHANNELS - The guy who has a desk between two expeditors.
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• A CONSULTANT - Any ordinary guy with a briefcase more than 50 miles from home.
  -- THE ALL-PURPOSE BUSINESSMAN'S VOCABULARY...
• A STATISTICIAN - One who draws a mathematically precise line from an unwarranted assumption to a foregone conclusion.
  -- THE ALL-PURPOSE BUSINESSMAN'S VOCABULARY...
• TO RESEARCH - Go looking for the jerk who moved the files.
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• A MEETING - A mass mulling of master-minds. -- THE ALL-PURPOSE BUSINESSMAN'S VOCABULARY
• A COLLEAGUE - Someone called in at the last minute to share the blame.
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• TO CLARIFY - To fill in the background with so many details that the foreground goes underground.
  -- THE ALL-PURPOSE BUSINESSMAN'S VOCABULARY...