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Question: "There is no high drama in these everyday stories: they are simply abstract and brief chronicles of time and place, spoken artifacts for preserving the everfluctuating accents and dialects of Great Britain's intricate linguistic hierarchy."

Answer: Great Britain's intricate linguistic hierarchy is best preserved not in the high dramas but rather the everyday, abstract, and brief chronicles of time and place

Question: "I could find no useful index: though there is a list of file names, they are numerical and offer no clue as to their contents."

Answer: "I could find no useful index: though there is a list of file names."

Question: Command Center: There is a report of black smoke in the last position I gave you, fifteen miles south of Johnstown.

Answer:
There is a report of black smoke fifteen miles south of Johnstown.