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...continue through a person's career and life, if not in a practical way at least in a psychological way. The fact that crucifying people in the media does not necessarily, or even usually, lead to the resolution of the conflict makes all of this more sad, disappointing and useless...
...announced his intention to set down in encyclical form his reflections on the nature of good and evil. Encyclicals are authoritative declarations of the church's teaching, warnings of new problems, and guides to parishes across the world. John Paul's task seemed so daunting to some and so useless to others that the Pope was the unwilling recipient of almost constant, contradictory advice from the moment he began work...
...Since I can't locate my [ethernet] address, it has been useless," said Merry Jean Chan `97 who purchased a Centris 610 this fall. Chan said that when she called, Apple told her they did not print ethernet addresses because people do not need them to access regular networks...
...paramount. In fact, many of NASA's best public relations successes have come at the brink of failure. Engineers restored 70% of the Galileo probe's function after its main antenna failed to deploy; astronauts grabbed the Intelsat-6 satellite by hand when a less dramatic rescue technique proved useless; astronauts survived an explosion on Apollo 13 that could easily have been fatal...
...broadcasts one merchant. Before long, another responds, "I can fill that order." Fine, but does the seller have it in stock, wonders Kane, or will he arrange for a special-order theft? There's no way to tell, which makes the monitoring of hot lines by law enforcement virtually useless...