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Because of a technical glitch, only 150,000 copies of the first few issues rolled off the presses, but the projected circulation is 500,000. Under the agreement reached during the round-table talks between union and government leaders last month, the paper, rechristened Gazeta Codzienna (Daily Gazette), will continue to be published after the election. While the editors have announced their intention to "present views and opinions of the whole independent society," the Gazeta will no doubt always have a favorite subject. The paper's motto: "There is no freedom without Solidarity...
However, Warrington said this is the first time Langdell Library had such a severe problem with its humidity control machinery. "It really has worked well, except for this one glitch...
...short, if anything is evidently clear about Dukakis's appearance tonight, it is that the novelty, scope and timing of the event make it a critical make-or-break time for him. Barring any glitches or changes of heart Dukakis will appear tonight on Nightline; barring any glitches or changes of heart, though, he stands a good chance of losing the election. Tonight allows him to put precisely such a glitch in the plans of Bush, a modernday Croesus...
Suddenly he spotted something that gave him a chill. Buried near Sector 0, the disk's innermost circle, was evidence that the glitch that had swallowed six months of Joselow's professional life was not a glitch at all but a deliberate act of sabotage. There, standing out amid a stream of random letters and numbers, was the name and phone number of a Pakistani computer store and a message that read, in part: WELCOME TO THE DUNGEON . . . CONTACT US FOR VACCINATION...
Although a Yugo can be had for less than $4,000, making it the cheapest car in the U.S., its fortunes have been flagging. Americans bought only 43,000 of the glitch-prone subcompacts last year -- well below predictions made when the two-door hatchback was first imported from Yugoslavia in 1985. Now a consortium organized by the Mabon, Nugent investment firm in New York City has paid $40 million to gain control of Yugo America and has promised to spend $40 million more for a campaign to tout new models...