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- A Way With Words How would you like to be the winner of this dubious achievement? LONDON (Reuters) - An Indian investigative journalist on Wednesday won Britain's little-coveted Bad Sex in Fiction Award for a turbo-charged account of a lovers' tryst that likens their amours to a speeding Bugatti. Now in its 11th year, the dubious honor is awarded by the Literary Review magazine for the most inept description of sexual intercourse in a novel. "She picks up a Bugatti's momentum. You want her more at a Volkswagen's steady trot. |
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- Fremont, California, July 8, 2003 — Dolch, the world leader in delivering industrial portable computer solutions, participated in the Iraq war by sending it’s NotePAC products with US troops as well as embedded members of the media. From sp... |
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- Additional Equipment Positions Ultralife to More Than Double BA-5390 Battery Manufacturing Capability NEWARK, N.Y.--Sept. 24, 2003-- Ultralife Batteries, Inc. (NASDAQ: |
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- NEWARK, N.Y.--Nov. 12, 2003--Ultralife Batteries, Inc. (NASDAQ: |
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- The extremely robust NotePAC has meanwhile world wide gained a leading position as a high performance mobile notebook for applications under harsh environmental conditions. Now Dolch introduces an even better version of the NotePAC. |
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- NEWARK, N.Y.--Oct. 15, 2003--Ultralife Batteries, Inc. (NASDAQ: |
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- Dolch Computer Systems GmbH, leading manufacturer of robust, portable and mobile industrial computers and displays, presents a high-performance and high-bright 8,4” display with protection class up to IP65 for industrial applications, especially ai... |
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the article (Dec 05 2003 04:59 GMT) - Yesterday's Maui News headline, below. This is how parochial and local it is on this island... the main issue currently is the rooster controversy. O_o Though the article didn't explicitly say so, I have a feeling Filipinos are involved in this one. :: |
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- Isabel cleanup sapped budgets, but counties, city say they're ready; Three-day blast could deposit up to 5 inches in region; Forecast calls for precipitation to end by Sunday |
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- Importance: MediumGG reponds to a question about how long a disallow command in a robots.txt file will take to affect Google results. Link to quote GoogleGuy Says:I think it should be much sooner than a month. |
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- One could take this site to be opposed to lesbianism. Instead, it's just Bush bashing with lots of skin. Reilly... |
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- When a social worker first interviewed sniper suspect Lee Boyd Malvo in jail, she was struck by the fact that the 18-year-old, who had spent almost all his life in Jamaica, acted like an oppressed American. |
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- Busloads of school children who paid for a field trip celebrating the Christmas holidays learned a Grinchly lesson. Thousands of... |
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- "Revenue up 67% over the Prior Quarter and 45% over Prior Year" kicks off Electrovaya's press release describing its financial results for the end of its fiscal year 2003 and last quarter. Continue reading |
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- The other day The Inquirer picked up on PC Watch publishing Intel roadmaps for chipsets, processors, and Intel's general mobile plan. Q1 2004 Dothan release (chart says Q4 2003, but Intel delayed release several months ago) and Alviso-GM chipset are listed, as well as Jonah, Jonah ULV, Merom, and Gilo will be released in 2005 and 2006. These unofficial (or copies of official) roadmaps are consistent with Intel's move toward mobile products. According to CNBC Morning Call (around 8:10AM Pacific Time), Intel is expected in its mid-quarter update to describe how buyers are replacing older desktop computers with notebook computers instead of another desktop. |
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- By Kim Peterson of The Seattle Times: [Microsoft] has set up a Web site — at www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip — with information on the technology available to be licensed. Companies developing commercial products will be expected to pay license royalties to Microsoft, while academic institutions doing noncommercial research will have royalty-free access to all patents. |
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- Every Playboy Cover Find the bunnies! (NSFW if they don't like you looking at Playboy Magazine Covers) |
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- French police arrest suspected ETA leader Ibon Fernandez Iradi, a year after he escaped police custody. |
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- Java has taken a bit of a pounding lately with the revelation that one survey shows average J2EE application availability was 88%. Yes, that's right... 20 hours of downtime per 7-day week. Rick Ross takes and honest look at what's going on: Make no mistake, however. |
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- Ah, racking my brains on this one Pouffy... I had to search |
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- Aí dexter, cê teve a moral de pagar uma cirurgia de tumor nas mamas da sua rata? Não era mais fácil comprar outras trinta e sete? |
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- Querido, não se preocupe. Eu passei pelo mesmo problema e cheguei aos trinta. Hoje em dia eles falam: quem diria, alê? Enfim chegou nos trinta! |
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tunnel 13 (Dec 05 2003 04:50 GMT) - - Fireman |
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- Samarra and Samarra and Samarra - Scooped by Hesiod on my own story! Oh the ignominy! Here's the thing, while I was out gaming and having fun and not blogging last night, I kept thinking more and more about the whole robbery angle, and that question about why you wouldn't hit the bank rather than an armored convoy if you've... |
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- Good vs. Evil - The Equation Well, here's a good one. Someone has come up with two formulae to define good and evil. |
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- (US) Curtis was shot, police said, after he struck six officers with his car when lawmen tried to arrest him after a drug deal. He is charged with six counts of assault with a deadly weapon, three counts of trafficking in cocaine and one count of marijuana possession, police said. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(50%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $cannabis(100%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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