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A couple of serious Before removing any components, you must save copies onto a floppy disk.
Make sure to properly label the disks before storage as well.
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So, who's hungry?
John is starving and digs in before the rest of his crew.
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But the Wall Street Journal says there is still no evidence to confirm conservative theorists' suspicions of a conspiracy between Chinese intelligence agents, the Lippo Group, and John Huang.
Allegations have been made by conservatives to implicate Chinese intelligence agents in bioterrorism.
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If the number of voters is literally infinite, then the conclusion can be overturned.
There is a set number of voters.
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One of the most famous of all photographs is Robert Capa's 1936 Moment of Death , taken during the Spanish Civil War.
Robert Capa took only one famous photo.
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That assumption may or may not be correct.
The assumption is clearly correct.
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(The of supranational NGO lobbying in general is analyzed by Jessica Mathews in the January/February Foreign Affairs .) Thus the old left, intentionally or not, is pushing us from national regulation to supranational regulation--albeit, in this case, a kind of private-sector supranational regulation.
Jessica Mathews probed in to an article about supranational NGO lobbying.
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To protect your privacy, ask your bank to restrict access to your records and beg your member of Congress for legislative protections.
Asking your bank to restrict the access to your records is an effective way to improve your privacy
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In a way, I think it has already helped Microsoft's image.
It will continue to help Microsoft.
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Blacks aren't celebrating because they fear an economic downturn and because equality is still elusive.
Blacks think an economic crash is coming in 2024.
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Second, Finkelstein echoes conventional historical thinking when he says Nazism's main appeal lay in Hitler's promises to restore order in post-Weimar Germany, end unemployment, and make the country an international power.
Hitler aimed to restore order in Venezuela.
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Most praise her for being able to hold her own, as opposed to noticing any genuine musical ability, and note that the album is far more pop-oriented than the drum 'n' bass and jungle she spins live.
Her live shows are much less pop-heavy than the new album.
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The court upheld a trial judge's decision to 1) reduce Woodward's conviction from murder to manslaughter in the death of an 8-month-old baby and 2) reduce her prison sentence from 15 years to the 279 days she had already served.
The jury believe her previous sentence was unjust.
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Our smudge and blear and soil, he proposes, do not efface the glory.
The glory will never fade or be erased by smudge, blear, and soil.
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The new regimens are themselves feasible (at costs from pennies to $60 per patient, they seem to be).
The new regimens aren't extremely expensive.
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That about marked the end of Nash's career as a mathematical genius.
That was the first time in his life that Nash had been outperformed by a fellow mathematician.
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The Supreme Court might not cooperate in rejecting the administration's public position and embracing its secret desire.
Quite possibly, the Supreme Court will be unwilling to reveal its true nature to the public.
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Journalists, after all, expose these practices--we do not commit them.
News organizations provide their ideas as the facts.
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But in the presence of competition among dealers, there is no difference between setting a standard of service and setting a retail For a given service standard, competition will lower the price until it's commensurate with the service standard, and for a given price, competition will raise the service standard until ...
Price differences between dealers have no meaning and are utterly random.
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Because the barbarians are coming today and the emperor's waiting to receive their leader.
The emperor waits to ambush the leader.
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In the case of Microsoft, Blumenthal of Connecticut appears to have won the coveted prize, managing to eclipse Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, who is chairman of the NAAG's antitrust committee, and New York's Vacco, who heads the consumer committee.
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller is the one that was awarded the Microsoft case.
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Charles Isherwood in Daily Variety : [M]akes a startling case for the reexamination of this landmark play ...
The play was boring and derivative.
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There isn't really anything on the other side.
Occasionally you could find something on the other side.
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And I said, 'Where does Jesse Helms get off saying all these mean things about me?
Jesse Helms only had nice things to say about me.
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The folks at HBO can make another claim to quality their film of the hip-hop, black-owned Universoul Circus (Monday, 8 p.m.).
Universeoul Circus is owned by the Fox Network.
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I remember seeing a piece by Michael Kinsley some years back on the absurdity of punditry.
The piece that I saw was by Michael Kinsley.
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Y'all always do the same, says the white mayor of 60 percent black Selma, Ala., at the end of their interview.
Selma, Alabama is a majority Black city.
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Slate .) But distinguishing between the two markets undermines Microsoft's thesis that IE and Windows are integrated.
IE and Windows are separate entities, according to Microsoft.
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Failure to ratify the treaty by April 29 squanders U.S. influence . Only representatives from the member states can sit on the committee that finalizes the treaty's logistics, and the United Nations won't hire verification inspectors from nonmember countries.
Everyone can contribute to the treaty's logistics
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Didn't anyone remind them that Dole had already reserved the spectrum sale to help pay for his tax-cut plan?
They were reminded about Dole reserving the spectrum sale.
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But they admit that at least some consumers are being misled by the logo.
The logo is misleading to some consumers.
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ABC's problems, one suspects, will be much harder to solve, if only because they have much to do with network television as a whole and not just ABC in particular.
ABC is actively working on the problems it has.
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Buy utilities, bottom feed on mutual funds that invested in the Southeast Asian markets and got slammed, try real estate investment funds, and seek stability in U.S. bonds.
You should avoid utilities and mutual funds invested in the Southeast Asian markets if you want to earn more.
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We have close friends who have us to their home for dinner almost every week.
They have been friends since high school.
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Faking appreciation is always, of course, er, appreciated.
I loathe fake displays of appreciation.
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Whatever the reasons for this deplorable twist in public morality, America's loss of its moral compass is a tragedy even more consequential than Bill Clinton's adultery.
America's moral compass was raised during the scandal.
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Starr has been especially squirmy about this.
Starr might really like this.
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The bears are holding up what might be a dinner plate that says, United We Stand Divided We Ball, indicating a surprisingly open marriage or that the ink smeared.
The dinner plate is made in China.
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In contrast to the well-oiled Gore machine, Bradley has no staff, message, money, or following.
Bradley is popular and wealthy.
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Early diagnosis, new teaching techniques (emphasis on the arts, thematic programs), and new research into the brains of LD kids are starting to rectify a neglected problem.
The neglected problem is rectified by new research.
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I agree that we have a regular recession and that the currency board prevents us from applying the usual recipe, but it's not clear that it would work, and at this point breaking the peso commitment would be extremely onerous.
The usual plan may not correct the recession and even then, it may not be correct
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Here Pollock's camouflage palette, as Varnedoe notes, gives way to carnival.
Varnedoe liked Pollock's camouflage pattern.
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The company is upset not because Sidewalk provided a hyperlink to TicketMaster's site, but because Sidewalk provided a hyperlink deep into TicketMaster's site.
The hyperlink that I am seeing to ticketmaster's site leads to their customer service page.
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I have it on good authority that the main reason that Monica hasn't taken a job or even done volunteer work during her ordeal is that she is rightfully fearful that her co-workers would immediately sell her out to the tabloids.
Monica took a job and has been volentering during her ordeal
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There he would stand, his back turned to us like the contemplative artist figure in a painting by Caspar David Friedrich, and reflect on the glory and folly of mankind.
Caspar David Friedrich was a painter of human figures.
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This is where I disagree with Michael Lind--and with you, Fred, I'm guessing.
Everyone agrees on the same facts presented.
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Frankly, I think the Jamaican Tourist Board should go back to that old 'Come Back to Jamaica' slogan.
According to the author, the Jamaican Tourist Board should bring back a previously used slogan.
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The Justice Department asked Starr to look into allegations that his prosecutors improperly tried to cut an immunity deal with Lewinsky during their January 1998 sting without her lawyer present.
The Justice Department tried to break the law by cutting a shady deal.
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Ianni writes, Johnson essentially worked as a middleman for the Italian syndicate.
Middlemen worked for the Italian Syndicate.
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Mambo Italiano, and my personal favorite, Oooh, Bang, Jiggily Jang.
I hate Mambo Italiano.
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We laugh and have great fun together and share many of the same interests.
We who laugh together always have great fun.
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Even his admirers admit he's dour and humorless.
His admirers have admired him for many years.
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Demonstrations this winter against Tudjman quickly dissipated (at the time, he was being treated in the United States for cancer--he may not live much longer).
Tudjman may not live much longer.
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Exempted from Novak's observation might be executives at Reebok, who last year professed to have been unaware of connotations associated with the name they gave to a new women's running Incubus.
The shoe company nicknamed some men's shoes months ago.
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As I write, the house is alive with flowers and foliage, and it is starting to snow again.
Winter season flakes are melting off the plants now.
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Later, I thought the subject required more analysis.
I thought about the subject later.
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I e-mailed Macmillan with my problem and the company e-mailed back a one-line Set your BIOS to boot off of the CD.
Setting your BIOS to boot off of the CD worked and fixed the problem.
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a) Starr's top deputy had spent much of the day briefing these people.
They attended something else besides the briefing.
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In the New York Review of Books , for example, the Princeton historian Bernard Lewis, one of the chief modern villains of Orientalism , decried Said's inflammatory tone and questioned his knowledge of history, philology, and Arabic.
Bernard Lewis disagrees with the knowledge-base of arguments proposed by Said.
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Their issuing of short-term buy or short-term hold recommendations obviously intensifies pressure on companies to meet and beat earnings expectations at all costs.
Companies will far exceed earnings expectations.
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largely designed to illustrate how a powerful woman can shatter glass ceilings.
Glass ceilings can be broken by a woman who is strong enough.
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Last year he tried and failed to invoke the War Powers Resolution for the Bosnia mission.
He wanted to invoke the War Powers Resolution approved by Congress..
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Little of Leonardo's weirdness is conveyed by the Codex Leicester exhibit--though Isabella Rosellini's blue-velveteen voice narrating the exhibit's eight-minute biographical video helps somewhat.
Isabella Rossellini was the only available narrator for this exposition
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It will be pointed out again and again that Bradley is just as awkward a campaigner as Gore.
Bradley and Gore are considered awkward campaigners.
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I suppose Franke-Ruta was compelled to read every single line without really wanting to at all?
The author questions why Franke-Ruta wanted to read every single line.
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He wanted a sound bite--something pithy to take out of context.
His promotion depended on him grabbing the attention of everyone.
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Geoff Ward, goateed sophomore, chides each of the Canterbury Tales, for being written during that Great Vowel Thing and for being 'boring and stupid.
Geoff Ward won't have a positive opinion of the Tales after reading it.
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All we've done is checked that the first two creditors divided their collective share of $125 appropriately
There were still 5 more creditors to check afterwards.
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But the links may also be genetic or, at the very least, the result of ancient ancestral contact.
Links are available.
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Some of my songs are about four minutes, some are about five minutes and some, believe it or not, are about 11 or 12.
I have songs less than four minutes long.
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They were a breeze to enter--a few mouse clicks and a password.
They were easy to access with a password and a few mouse clicks.
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Well, these little nothings called neutrinos have a lot to say, if only we could find a press willing to pass on the message.
There is little public demand for neutrinos.
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Time describes honor killings in Jordan, which comprise a quarter of the Arab nation's homicides.
Jordan accounts for over half of the Arab nation's homicides.
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On Meet the Press , he insisted that the $150 he allots to each person's monthly insurance premium is not a cap.
The cap for monthly insurance premiums was $500.
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It draws sidelong glances and playground taunts, and it may give the adopted child an identity crisis.
The child is fitting in.
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He frequently quotes Ronald Reagan.
He likes what Ronald Reagan said.
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On Meet the Press , he insisted that the $150 he allots to each person's monthly insurance premium is not a cap.
He insisted on Face the Nation that the $150 allotment was not a cap to the monthly insurance premium.
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Grisham is content with the simple and compelling observation that as a society we fail to treat the homeless with the dignity they deserve.
Grisham is correct in the observation of how homeless are treated.
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His book is crammed full of stray data he has disinterred about Dala's Catalan ancestors, his sexual obsessions, and infighting within the Surrealist movement, which Dala was eventually drummed out of for his pro-fascist sentiments.
His book would be cited by scholars in reference to the life of Dala.
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Fashion is as acceptable in France as any imaginative work, and criticism about it has certainly flourished there.
France is unassociated with fashion.
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No offense meant.
The primary goal was to insult people.
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It was exciting, albeit in a slightly childish way, to see your name on that signboard, confirming that you still had your cushy job in this historic broadcasting center.
They work alongside high ranking executives within the company.
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You can have a park in your backyard (as I do) and still make it to work in 15 minutes (if you keep a sharp eye out for the potholes).
The routes to work don't get on the freeway.
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What has allowed Intel to dominate its many competitors, who are perennially nipping at its heels with computer chips that are supposedly faster or cheaper, is that Intel does a much better job of making chips reliably and efficiently.
Intel is going to keep a dominating position in the market for the foreseable future
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I see a method to his madness.
There is no purpose to the activity.
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Hours before, Netanyahu had given a speech insisting that Israel would not halt the rapid construction of a controversial housing project in East Jerusalem or make further concessions to halt terrorism.
Terrorism was focused on Israel, which stopped the housing project.
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Without seeing his work all the way through, it's hard for me to say whether Borchardt has talent, but he might not be such a stumblebum after all.
More of Borchardt's portfolio is needed to judge his talent.
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Bottomless Mug
A tiny empty mug.
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The problem isn't so much that men are designed by natural selection to fight as what they're designed to fight women .
Natural selection has men fighting each other.
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Other companies, such as Cognisoft, take this same approach to corporate intranets (internal networks), hoping that push technology will be even more useful in distributing the right information to the right employees.
Cognisoft is the single company taking this approach.
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It sounds as if things are just fine as long as your correspondent doesn't have to visit her friend's house.
Everything is great unless she visits her friend's house.
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He retaliated by filing one against her.
The man attacked the woman.
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Mir's crew was docked pay for its incompetence.
The crew's performance was unsatisfactory.
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Time 's culture-heavy lineup includes Tiger Woods, Rosie O'Donnell, Babyface Edmonds, Don Imus, Trent Reznor, and Dilbert (of the comic strip).
Time includes celebrities on their front covers at least five times a year.
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The Pentagon told CNN &amp
The media outlets like CNN receive news from the Pentagon
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These decisions are made by middle management, who are free to indulge their prejudices, regardless of a calculation of what's best for the corporate bottom line.
Middle management is free from decision-making.
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Dexter and Jones are also seeking financing for their piace de resistance , the King Dream Center, a $50-million interactive museum complete with virtual-reality games.
The interactive sports stadium that Dexter and Jones planned would be the new home of the Sacramento Kings.
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So what if all the negatives are lost?
Does it really matter if all the negatives are missing?
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Ned Devine is this year's stab at The Full Monty (1997), which made more than $100 million and even snagged an Oscar nomination.
1997's The Full Monty was a commercial flop.
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The daughter's boyfriend, Dominic, is a cynic who lives only for himself.
Her boyfriend is an optimistic, selfless person.
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