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| | A Punch in the Eye |
 | | Private Eye is always being sued, more often than not by the late Robert Maxwell, or Sir James Goldsmith, who legend has it whipped off 64 writs in one year, which helped the Eye's circulation enormously. |
| | With its sloppy layout, intended spelling errors and print that comes off on your fingers, Private Eye cultivates a clubby environment where the reader feels as if he, and he alone, is privy to the naughtiest of secrets. |
| | It was here that one of the Eye's most appealing euphemisms, the verb "to discuss Ugandan affairs", was coined when a guest regaled the table of how, at a particularly boring party he once attended, the hostess suggested he meet a"fascinating" Ugandan diplomat who had fled Idi Amin's regime. |
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