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A MULTISYLLABIC MAN

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 9, 1998 | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

"I have gone to the clown doctor. I told him that I had lost my friend and I no longer could be a Clown. The Doctor looked at his Clown books--and in a very detached way--as Doctors are prone to do because they are doctors, he named my...

Author: By David L. Rettig, | Title: A FABLE | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

"And so the Clown psychologist consulted hisClown psychologist books. And after many days, theClown psychologist told me--in a very Objectiveway as Clown psychologists are prone to do--that Iwas suffering from a different multisyllabic wordwhich I cannot remember."

Author: By David L. Rettig, | Title: A FABLE | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

Careful observers of the international scene are aware of the latest developments in Canada. Wracked by internal dissension, centrifugal forces and other multisyllabic cliches, the recent talks aimed at writing a new Canadian constitution broke down a few days ago amid whispers that America's neighbor to the North might...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The Pennant Race Goes North of the Border | 9/16/1980 | See Source »

IBM has no immediate plans to graft Shoebox on any of its information-handling machines, but a bright gleam glows in the eyes of its engineers. They will first increase Shoebox's vocabulary to 1,000 words, then to 10,000. This can be done without much difficulty, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Shoebox Is Listening | 11/24/1961 | See Source »

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