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Like Java, which knocked around Sun for years before it emerged to transform the computer industry, the hypnotizer and VWPC have their share of detractors. One of them is Hank Menzinger, the hapless president of La Honda, who dismisses the VWPC as unworthy until the concept catches on, and then steps forward to claim credit. He sounds a lot like Eric Schmidt, Sun's chief technology officer, who thought the Web was such a waste of time he once threatened to charge employees $50 apiece for their Web browsers, but in the end took credit for Java...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: A COMIC ROMAN A CHIP | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

Homans became famous for defending hapless clients who sometimes admitted to the outrageous charges against them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Civil Rights Lawyer Homans Dies at 75 | 2/14/1997 | See Source »

...three minutes later, Craig MacDonald borrowed a puck from a hapless Fido at center ice and fired his own guided missile at Westlund, who deflected...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: Checking Yale Out | 2/8/1997 | See Source »

...Harvard sports fan and starved for a win, you need only walk over to Hemenway Gym. What you'll see are some of the top players in the country--men and women--combine dazzling footwork, vicious angle shots and devastating rails to make mince meat out of their hapless opponents...

Author: By Chris W. Mcevoy, | Title: Women's, Men's Squash Still Rule Hemenway Gym | 2/7/1997 | See Source »

...second period was perhaps just a blur, or more appropriately, a nightmare, for the hapless Terriers--who boast only club team status--as they yielded five more Crimson tallies...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: W. Hockey Obliterates Terriers, 14-0 | 1/30/1997 | See Source »

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