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==Further reading== * In ''[http://www.nicap.org/rufo/rufo-03.htm Report on Unidentified Flying Objects]'' (1956), US Air Force Captain [[Edward J. Ruppelt]] described astronomer Dr. J. Allen Hynek's report on the [[Mantell Incident|death of pilot Thomas Mantell in pursuit of a UFO]] as "a masterpiece in the art of 'weasel wording{{'"}}. * Carl Wrighter discussed weasel words in his best-selling book ''I Can Sell You Anything'' (1972). * Australian author [[Don Watson]] devoted two volumes (''Death Sentence'' and ''Watson's Dictionary of Weasel Words'') to documenting the increasing use of weasel words in government and corporate language. He maintains a website encouraging people to identify and nominate examples of weasel words. * Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, talks much about 'weasels' as being conniving businesspeople in one of his books, named accordingly: ''[[Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel]]'' (2002).
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