george mannes

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• July 13, 1998

THEY TOIL A LOT, AND, BOY, DO THEY SPIN, THE COMPANY SPOKESPEOPLE WHO TURN THE ALPHABET INTO PEA-SOUP FOG. HERE’S A LOOK AT WHAT SPINMEISTERS SAY AND WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN: YOU SAY POTATO, I SAY TUBEROUS EDIBLE PRODUCT

Like Kremlinologists who had to sift through official Soviet Union doublespeak to find the real news, sometimes you…