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AVOID, ORIGINALLY LA DISPARITION (1969), is a lipogram, an old trick dating as far back as 500 B.C. in which authors voluntarily submit to awful handicaps, arbitrarily abjuring crucial signs or symbols and making writing, always a hard task, a virtual impossibility. In A Void, this onus is particularly harsh. All consonants, from stalwart b to languishing z, can occur in normal fashion; but only a, i, o and u may fill out what is ordinarily a quorum of 26. "Huh?" you may gasp, "no ...?" Shhhh! Do not think or, God forbid, say it, at any cost...
...Instead of just maintaining the machines, wenow provide a utility, a service," Steen says. "Wehave to give advance notice of down-time. We'resubject to all sorts of scrutiny. People depend onus."DesignBenjamin I. LimaTracking Compute Usage Until yesterday, itwas possible for any student with a computeraccount to view the system's log file, whichrecords the names of files users transfer andpeople they email. This is a copy of a log filewith the specific details altered...
...former Soviet air force general, waffled when asked if he would drop his demand for independence and settle for autonomy inside the Russian Federation. First put out the fire, he advised, then decide how to rebuild the house. His plea seemed more a public relations effort to put the onus for the continued bloodshed on Russia than a serious offer of negotiations...
...country which revolted from a government over tyrannical taxation, the current level of taxation in this country is utterly abhorrent. While it may be reasonable to force the wealthiest families to shoulder such a great burden, it is absolutely outrageous that the government imposes such a tremendous onus on the average person...
...Another Vietnam" is such a catchy phrase; it carries the onus of one of the greatest tragedies in this country's history. Yet, for all that momentousness, it is a phrase ill-suited to the kinds of conflicts in which the United States chooses to intercede. Fear of the spread of Communism and a tip in the world's balance of power triggered American involvement in Vietnam. These days, Communism doesn't pose such a daunting threat to the world...