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DM = Douglas McDavid
JA = Jon Awbrey
JL = John Lennon
JS = John Sowa

DM: I know that you are presenting the following as an example of your
    preferred style of notation.  At the same time, however, you seem to
    be making a claim for the meaningfulness of the &quot;even dozen&quot; categories.

here i was just following the time-hallowed-if-not-quite-forgotten practice
of trying to apply my favorite methods to somebody else's favorite examples,
in this case, john sowa