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From Handbook of Technical Writing by Brusaw, Alred, and Oliu:
"Parenthetical material does not affect the punctuation of a sentence. If a
parenthesis closes a sentence, the ending punctuation should appear after
the parenthesis."
"A sentence that ends in a parenthesis requires a period after the
parenthesis."
"However, when a complete sentence within parentheses stands independently,
the ending punctuation goes inside the final parenthesis."
From A Writer's Reference by Hacker:
"NOTE: If a sentence ends with a period marking an abbreviation, do not add
a second period."
I could provide more references but here's a plan. Pick a reference. Read
it. Compare it with the example under discussion.
bws
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Lam Research Corporation 1.800.759.8888 PIN 1970622 voicemail pager
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