A Note on Typographical Conventions

As mentioned in the preface, these items frequently reference one another. Rather than simply mention the item number, which would force an examination of the table of contents to determine just what was being referenced, the title of the item is italicized and rendered in full. To permit easy reference to the item, the item number and page on which it appears are appended as subscripts. For example, the item referenced Eat Your Vegetables [64, 256] tells us that the item entitled “Eat Your Vegetables” is item 64, which can be found on page 256.

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