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What belongs in this mailbox

• Corrections: a link, the sentence, and if possible the source that contradicts it; verified errors are fixed on the page, dated.
• Source suggestions: public institutional material we should read or cite, especially newer guidance.
• Glossary requests: the heart words you met on a report or in a news piece and could not carry home.
• Rights and republication questions about text, structure or the glossary.

What does not belong here

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