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...Justice Department and Netscape should stop whining about Microsoft's alleged monopoly. In a competitive marketplace, failure to serve customers means that the competition wins. The Sherman Antitrust Act was never designed to protect companies that fail to provide service and then whine when their customers turn to competitors for it. JOHN M. SHONTZ Helena, Mont...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 24, 1997 | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...used to whine about my brother Andy having the bigger room, the TV, the stereo! What I would give now to have that little cubicle back! In my first year here I learned about sharing a space, and home was refuge from all the rabble and ruckus of student life. Perhaps the most important part of having a room of your own is being able to close the door behind...

Author: By Bonnie Tsui, | Title: At Home, Desirous of Inner Space | 9/19/1997 | See Source »

...Prefects] were a good thing, but they were living in [other] houses. Perhaps if we had a junior or senior living there, things would have been different. I would have been more inclined to go and whine and complain," he says...

Author: By Matthew W. Granade and Adam S. Hickey, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: A Proctor's Role Is Not Always Clear-Cut | 9/8/1997 | See Source »

...best reason to support Kasparov over Deep Blue in a rematch? If Deep Blue loses, it won't whine. IRWIN F. EDENZON Slidell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 16, 1997 | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

When the Class of 1997 arrived on campus, the seniors--the last class to have ordered choice in the housing lottery--reminisced about the good old days when Adams was really weird and Eliot was really snooty. Now this year's seniors whine that full randomization is erasing any last vestige of house character...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: Seniors Lead Cabot to Glory in Straus Cup Competition | 6/5/1997 | See Source »

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