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...results, excellent software at an excellent price, speak for themselves. Looking at commercial software, it seems foolish for Lotus, Microsoft, and WordPerfect to continually reinvent the same wheel. And couldn't the fortunes spent on marketing, advertising, and pretty boxes go elsewhere...

Author: By John E. Stafford, | Title: Set Your Software Free | 4/20/1993 | See Source »

...think it would be foolish to ignore the fact this does exist," he says...

Author: By Anna D. Wilde, | Title: Foreign TFs, Students Grapple With Tensions | 3/13/1993 | See Source »

...time when honesty is required, any perceived disingenuousness can be fatal -- yet there has been too much of that already. Labeling Social Security tax increases as spending cuts invites ridicule, and mixing up gross and net deficit-reduction figures is similarly foolish. Correcting such lapses by demanding that the unvarnished truth be told should not be difficult, but getting the congressional Democrats in line is another matter. And since Clinton has apparently abandoned any hope of G.O.P. support for his plan, even a moderate number of Democratic defections could doom the enterprise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Political Interest: It Is a Time For Cunning | 3/1/1993 | See Source »

These estimates could be made much more reliable if the University would agree to take a survey of its lighting system. If such a survey predicts significant savings, then Harvard would be foolish not to adopt the Green Lights program...

Author: By Gil B. Lahav, | Title: A Green Light to the Environment | 2/24/1993 | See Source »

...tough to come up with a name," says Michael D. Preston '95, guitarist for the band. "You don't want to sound to serious because you're a college band, but you don't want to sound too foolish either...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT'S IN A NAME | 2/20/1993 | See Source »

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