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...cease our attempts at mastering the unknown, but I worry that our constant efforts to analyze and footnote may leave us numb to the beautiful and incapable of being moved by the magnificent. Just as an average teenager's desire to fit in leads him or her to squelch a sense of awe, the demands of our education may lead us to unlearn our natural sense of wonder...

Author: By Adam R. Kovacevich, | Title: Where Art Thou, Wonder? | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...work there by himself." So, Sen went to the bank and took out a loan. He returned to his partners, bought them out and became the sole proprietor of the Kong. Under his stewardship, business continued to thrive through the tumultuous 1960s. Apparently, not even widespread social unrest could squelch the public's appetite for fried dumplings...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: THE HONG KONG AN ORAL HISTORY | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

...close White House ally, that she may run for the Senate from New York in 2000. Though her friends call such a run unlikely--Washington, they say, is the last place she'll want to be in 2001--the First Lady's office has so far done nothing to squelch the idea, which seems to be gaining momentum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Once And Future Hillary Clinton | 1/18/1999 | See Source »

...software has been selling briskly, critics have been compiling an increasingly lengthy list of bugs in the program. Gates, typically, is ready on both fronts with Microsoft's new "gentle" strategy: the firm plans to give away the update for free at microsoft.com starting Aug. 18, helping to squelch complaints about the new software. And Gates' lawyers will ask this week to have the federal suit thrown out of court, arguing that depositions of Netscape veeps have done nothing to show that Microsoft tried to force its smaller competitor out of the market. This may be a kinder, gentler Microsoft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clash Of The Titans | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...software has been selling briskly, critics have been compiling an increasingly lengthy list of bugs in the program. Gates, typically, is ready on both fronts with Microsoft?s new ?gentle? strategy: the firm plans to give away the update for free at microsoft.com starting Aug. 18, helping to squelch complaints about the new software. And Gates? lawyers will ask this week to have the federal suit thrown out of court, arguing that depositions of Netscape veeps have done nothing to show that Microsoft tried to force its smaller competitor out of the market. This may be a kinder, gentler Microsoft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Kinder, Gentler Microsoft Responds to Critics | 8/9/1998 | See Source »

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