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Old 09-16-2010, 03:22 PM   #261
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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan View Post
And the reason so many 50s and 60s sci-fi movies included ever-present reporters.
I believe the technical term for that usage is "As you know, Bob...", and applied to the sort of expository blobs intended to convey background to the reader.

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