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<small>'''[[Middle management blues]]''' — our own tribute to W.H. Auden</small> <br>
<small>'''[[General counsel]]''' and “self-awareness” go together like soup and naval signaling systems.</small> <br>
<small>'''[[Next following]]''': what it has to do with [[Voilet Elizabeth Botts]] out of Just William.</small><br>
<small>The [[Jolly Contrarian|J.C.]]’s '''[[nutshell ISDA]]''' ... and a burgeoning [[Equity Derivatives Definitions - In a Nutshell|nutshell equity derivatives defs]]!</small><br>
<small>[[Hunter Barkley]]’s new novel '''''[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B078LMG24Q The Montenegro Sanction]'''''. All proceeds go to [[Georgia’s Fund]].<br>
'''[[Kilimanjaro]]''': Just how far ''is'' it from the '''[[Serengeti]]''', and what has '''[[Olympus]]''' got to do with anything? We answer the questions '''[[Toto]]''' wouldn’t. Or ''couldn’t''.</small>
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'''[[Anatomy|Obstinate views]]''' of [[ISDA]] and like-minded [[master trading agreement]]s organised into [[evolve|evolving]] [[anatomy]] and [[nutshell]] guides which may be incomplete, out of date, out of touch, flippant — well, they ''are'' flippant — or total rubbish; <br>
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