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It`s like people and cats. Either people love cats or they hate cats. So it is with the phrase ”at this point in time.” Either people like it or they dislike it.

Until the Watergate case, ”then” or ”now” sufficed. It was at the Senate Watergate hearings that ”at this point in time” broke into our vocabulary. Now it is a part of American history along with such noble phrases as ”Don`t give up the ship!”

In conclusion, for the sake of brevity, let`s close now, at this point in time.