A number of The Times which might, because of changes in political alignment, or mistaken prophecies uttered by Big Brother, have been rewritten a dozen times still stood on the files bearing its original date, and no other copy existed to contradict it.

• 由于政治联盟发生变化，由于老大哥做出错误的预言，一期《泰晤士报》能够改写十几次，存档时却依然注明原来的日期，绝无与此相悖的其它版本。