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29 \noindent An~itemized list:
32 \:It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what
33 they seem. For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed
34 that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so
35 much -- the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins
36 had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But
37 conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more
38 intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons.
39 \:Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending
40 destruction of the of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to
41 alert mankind to the danger; but most of their communications were
42 misinterpreted\dots{} --- Douglas Addams: HHG
46 \: Secundus %% are spaces eaten correctly?
61 Lo and behold: |a quick brown fox| {\showspacestrue |jumps over the lazy dog|} |!@#$%^&*()\_|
64 When turned off, vertical lines work as usually: $|a-b| \ge 0$.
68 \noindent Pre-verbatim
71 abracadabra {!@#$%^&*()\_}
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86 \noindent Post-verbatim
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94 {\csc Caps And Small Caps}
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