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...even Stallman must use a commercial operating system because no "free" one exists. To change this, he is writing an improved version of UNIX from scratch--which he intends to give away...
...provides a great deal of power to the expert. I'm writing this editorial using Word Perfect and Windows, so when I encounter a bug I have no choice but to grin and bear it. It would be impossible for me to rewrite both programs from scratch, so I have little recourse but to call the company, whine, and pray that it will be fixed in the next release...
They are the cream of the crop in the Ivy League. And usually the cream rises to the top. Harvard will have its hands full today. It will have to scratch and claw for all its points. Nothing will come easy. But then again, it's always a battle when Princeton and Harvard get together...
...Birches move from Pasquotank to Raleigh, where matriarch Charlie Kate raises her daughter and granddaughter, practices medicine and becomes a Wake County legend: "Remember when she got Tessa Jerrod's arm out of the wringer? . . . Buttercup Spivey's dropped kidneys rose. Malcolm Taylor stopped wanting to scratch his missing leg. Everybody saw the miracles all around...
...scratch and claw" offense and a vastly improved pitching staff will be the keys to success-and the early returns are promising...