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@@ -17486,8 +17486,8 @@ the desire to provide a `functional' equivalent of jumps as provided
 by the infamous goto in imperative programming.
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-In 1965 Peter \citeauthor{Landin65} unveiled \emph{first} first-class
-control operator: the J
+In 1965 Peter \citeauthor{Landin65} unveiled the \emph{first}
+first-class control operator: the J
 operator~\cite{Landin65,Landin65a,Landin98}. Later in 1972 influenced
 by \citeauthor{Landin65}'s J operator John \citeauthor{Reynolds98a}
 designed the escape operator~\cite{Reynolds98a}. Influenced by escape,