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Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) by Linux fortune

Deadwood, n.:
        Anyone in your company who is more senior than you are.
Magary's Principle:
        When there is a public outcry to cut deadwood and fat from any
        government bureaucracy, it is the deadwood and the fat that do
        the cutting, and the public's services are cut.
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