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    The Business, as Usual
    The Business, as Usual
    The Business, as Usual
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    The Business, as Usual

    By Jack Sharkey

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    Giving Certain Powers the business for a change would be a joy—but it must not backfire—and here at last was the perfect recoilless diddle!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateMar 25, 2016
    ISBN9781515405429
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      The Business, as Usual - Jack Sharkey

      The Business, as Usual

      By Jack Sharkey

      2016 Positronic Publishing

      Cover Image © Can Stock Photo Inc. / ktarrier

      Positronic Publishing

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      Floyd VA 24091

      ISBN 13: 978-1-5154-0542-9

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      The Business, as Usual

      By Jack Sharkey

      Giving Certain Powers the business for a change would be a joy—but it must not backfire—and here at last was the perfect recoilless diddle!

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      In 1962, the United States Air Force found itself possessed of a formidable tool of battle, a radar resistant airplane. While this was the occasion for much rejoicing among the Defense Department members who were cleared for Top Secret,

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