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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
    PublisherStart Publishing LLC
    Release dateApr 26, 2016
    ISBN9781682997512
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      The Business, as Usual - Jack Sharkey

      The Business, as Usual

      By Jack Sharkey

      Start Publishing LLC

      Copyright © 2015 by Start Publishing LLC

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

      First Start Publishing eBook edition July 2015

      Start Publishing is a registered trademark of Start Publishing LLC

      Manufactured in the United States of America

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      ISBN 13: 978-1-68299-751-2

      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

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