It is tempting to think that he is joking, and that his theoretical elaborations about the true significance of communist-era jokes are a subtle parody of the way that modern literary critics so often miss the point of the texts they write about.

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The Center's analysis suggests that the American government's willingness to be an accomplice to Soviet misrepresentations about the true character and significance of the USSR's heavy missile force is not an isolated incident.

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If the hypothesis passes the significance test then it is treated as being true, but a lot can go wrong.

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