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package; bulk goods; currently, as during the holiday season, packages are currently being prepared and delivered everywhere. They are not being sent C.0.D., nor do the recipients have to pay for them. The contents are valued, at a minimum, in the nine-figure range and resemble the all-time favorite party favor at children's bithdays: the gift bag. position; a military term. Since corporations have replaced standing armies, city residents no longer fear the loss of their garrisons. They will pay other battalions to remain stationed. product; often used with the adjective, innovative; a fictitious creation of an enterprise that prides itself on not producing anything. pyramid scheme; a game in which participants include a large number of persons of insufficient intelligence and a small number of "Masters of the Universe." rating; valuing the worth of paper in a manner similar to the way experts assign points to wines or stars to restaurants. Management expects payment due in full for its services and assumes no responsibility for errors. real economy; a term that underscores the difference between itself and its opposite, an economy that deals in the unreal. risk management; used not to minimize, but to maximize, undesirable effects, important safety instructions for patients are not issued. There are no doctors or pharmacists on staff. trust; a sense which efforts have desperately been made to return ever since its opposite, distrust, proved useful. toxicity: a characteristic of innovative assets; see, product.

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