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The vex files: They're bad, but you could do worse
PDF files are a lot like democracy, to paraphrase Winston Churchill. PDFs are a lousy way to move documents around, but the alternatives are worse. I hate PDF files. Portable Document Format is a benevolent monopoly by Adobe, which created the format and...Tags: Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Online
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If you go: New Hampshire
If you go: New Hampshire Getting there: Southwest Airlines has flights from Fort Lauderdale to Manchester, N.H., and offers Internet specials from $89 one way. From there it's about 90 miles north on Interstate 93 to Lincoln at the west end of the...Tags: Thomas Edison, Canterbury, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, New Hampshire, Mount Washington
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1866: President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over, months after fighting had stopped. 1914: German forces occupied Brussels, Belgium, in World War I. 1940: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force,...Tags: Andrew Johnson, Patrick Henry, Wars and Interventions
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Fashion: Fall/winter men's collections turn to bow ties
FASHION COLUMNISTYou know what the problem is with bow ties? Rarely is anyone cool ever seen wearing them. Orville Redenbacher, Tucker Carlson, Dagwood Bumstead, Sen. Paul Simon, C. Everett Koop, Boo Boo Bear — nary a hep cat among them. You usually have to...Tags: Academy Awards, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Malcolm X, NASA, Brad Pitt
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"The Little Book," by Selden Edwards
The good Viennese doctor, Herr Freud, declares to a time-traveling (or delusional) American who visits him in 1897, "'I am not to blame for [the] fixation on the sexual.'" The American, for his part, tells Freud that he is overreliant on his emerging...Tags: Victor Hugo, Mark Twain, Heavy Engineering, Adolf Hitler, Abusive Behavior
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Books in brief
Homemade Contrivances And How to Make Them: 1001 Labor-Saving Devices for Farm, Garden, Dairy, and Workshop Skyhorse Publishing / 640 pages / $14.95 If you feel the need to learn how to reinforce a stone wall, press hay, make a device to clean a horse's...Tags: Homes, Foreclosures, Books and Magazines, Washington Irving, Property
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WORLD & NATION UPDATE: ABROAD
Russia warned Poland on Friday that it is exposing itself to attack - even a nuclear one - by accepting a U.S. missile interceptor base on its soil, delivering Moscow's strongest language yet against the plan. American and Polish officials stuck firmly by...Tags: Defense, Brad Pitt, Corruption, Alfredo Stroessner, Olympic Games
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Enigma Code Cracked In Poland
I read with interest the Associated Press article "Britain's Cryptology Site Pushed For Museum" [July 25]. The article addresses the need for preserving an area in England as a museum because of the role Bletchley Park and its scientists played in helping...Tags: Adolf Hitler, Wethersfield
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China Terms Made Less Inscrutable
As the Beijing Olympics approach, let's examine several terms that have been used over the years to describe the ever-changing diplomatic and political relationship between the U.S. and China. ΔPlaying the China card — It was Winston...Tags: Beijing Games, Diplomacy, West Hartford, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Coughlin uses memorable sayings to motivate Giants
bob.glauber@newsday.comTom Coughlin isn't quite sure when the memorable sayings - the ones from Confucius to Lincoln to Lombardi - became a part of his coaching lexicon. The seeds probably were planted when he was growing up playing football and became a star wingback at...Tags: Religious Leaders, Ethics, Tiger Woods, National Football League, New York Giants
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'The Recruiter' Looks At How Young People Are Drawn Into The Army
As if to portray the back story of the fighters abroad so vividly depicted in "Generation Kill" (HBO2, 8 p.m.), the latest in HBO's Monday night summer documentary series concentrates on what motivates young people to join the armed services in a time...Tags: Movies, David Letterman, Gnarls Barkley, High Schools, Kelsey Grammer
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Monarchists Are Seeing Red, Communists Are Royally Peeved
Ninety years after he was executed by a Bolshevik firing squad, Czar Nicholas II is leading a tight race to be named the greatest Russian in history. His closest competitors? Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet...Tags: Diahann Carroll, Society, Music, Music Industry, Donald Sutherland
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