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A comment on Epstein's Private Calendar Reveals Prominent Names, Including CIA Chief. Parent comment

Re:Epstein's Private Calendar Reveals Prominent Names, Inclu... by teddyh on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:16PM (#35763984)
The person who wrote that sentence is here on HN and can probably answer for themselves. No need for you to come up with convoluted possible interpretations.
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Re:Epstein's Private Calendar Reveals Prominent Names, Inclu... by ndsipa_pomu on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:25PM (#35764072)
Hardly convoluted when the sentence states one fact about one night.

If it had been written as "These procedures were not followed on just the night he died.", then I would agree with you.

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Re:Epstein's Private Calendar Reveals Prominent Names, Inclu... by teddyh on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:41PM (#35764249)
The insertion of the word “just” would change the sentence from an implication to an explicit statement; there would be no room for ambiguity.
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