From Washington came further definitions of current officialese:
Point up the issue To expand a 1-page memo to 15 pages.
For the record Let's swell the file with nonsense.
Operational level Place where the theory stops and the work begins.
Government board Long, narrow, and wooden.
Research work Hunting for files.
Office memo A typewritten statement one reads, initials, forgets to remember and hands to someone who has seen it before.
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