This [the degree of significance] is the little figure that is not there—on the assumption that you, the lay… — Darrell Huff
This [the degree of significance] is the little figure that is not there—on the assumption that you, the lay reader, wouldn't understand it. Or that, where there is an axe to grind, you would.
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