Unusual Magazines Quarterly Review of Doublespeak

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UNUSUAL AND SPECIALIZED MAGAZINES AND PERIODICALS

QUARTERLY REVIEW OF DOUBLESPEAK

Subscription: Four times per year; $3 per year; NCTE, 1111 Kenyon Road, Urbana, Ill. 61801; circulation 800.

Subject Matter: Features articles, book reviews, and notices dealing with doublespeak. Included also are examples of current doublespeak, as well as resources to combat its spread.

Sample Materials: "A report on the results of a program designed to attack functionary illiteracy among adults which was prepared by the National Testing Service Research Corporation of Durham, N.C., said in part: `The conceptual framework for this evaluation posits a set of determinants of implementation which explains variations in the level of implementation of the Comprehensive Project. . . .'"

"The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement in a report to the Casino Control Commission did not use the term `Mob,' `Syndicate,' `Mafia,' or `Cosa Nostra.' Instead, the report refers to a `member of a career offender-cartel.'"