The corporate ABCs.

The writer is dismayed because the English (U.S.) dictionary in Microsoft Word 2000 incorporates a number of corporate names. He contends that although this is meant to make things more convenient, given that the names of large corporate entities in public life become the coin of the realm, it actu...

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Publicado en:American Prospect Vol. 11; no. 7; pp. 14 - 15
Autor principal: Greif, Mark
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Prospect February 14 2000
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