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\author{A. U. Thor}
\title{A SHORT STORY}
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\section*{A SHORT STORY}
Once upon a time, in a distant galaxy called
       \"{O}\"{o}\c{c}, there lived a computer
       named R.~J. Drofnats.\par
Mr.~Droftnats\textemdash{}or \lq{}\lq{}R.J.,\rq{}\rq{} as he
       preferred to be called\textemdash{}was happiest
       when he was at work typesetting beautiful
       documents.\par
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