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Jan. 9, 2012, 10:52 a.m.
LINK: www.theawl.com  ➚   |   Posted by: Joshua Benton   |   January 9, 2012

Ideas include “an actual awl,” “office radio with AM and FM,” and “a fearsome, extremely pretty, trilingual and totally useless secretary to be cruel and witty to visitors.”

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