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===Modern applications===
===Modern applications===
And here, in the new world, we find wondrous new applications. We even have a [[law firm]], those collective sparrows of finance, [[Simmons + Simmons]], who stumbled upon the idea but [[Simmons TOBS offensive|executed it]] so un-nimbly that, far from solving the problem of [[Negotiation|negotiating]] [[tedious]] [[Contract|contracts]], they made it worse.<ref>See the [[Simmons TOBs offensive]]</ref> Let the [[legal starling]]s for ever be [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] to the JC’s [[Charles Darwin|Charlie Darwin]].
And here, in the new world, we find wondrous new applications. We even have a [[law firm]], those collective sparrows of finance, [[Simmons + Simmons]], who stumbled upon the idea but [[Simmons TOBS offensive|executed it]] so un-nimbly that, far from solving the problem of [[Negotiation|negotiating]] [[tedious]] [[Contract|contracts]], they made it worse.<ref>See the [[Simmons TOBs offensive]]</ref> Still: the [[murmuration]]’s loss is the [[JC]]’s gain, and what’s mine is yours, readers, so let the [[legal starling]]s for ever be [[Freddie Wallace]] to our [[Charles Darwin|Chuck Darwin]].


Here’s the idea — free to you, but give the [[JC]] a knowing wink in your [[Awards|acceptance speech]], okay?  
Here’s the idea — free to you, but give the [[JC]] a knowing wink in your [[Awards|acceptance speech]], okay?