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Douglas Adams, "Mostly Harmless"


The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

Rene Descartes


Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Adlai E. Jr. Stevenson


Public confidence in the integrity of the Government is indispensable to faith in democracy and when we lose faith in the system, we have lost faith in everything we fight and spend for.

Sir Francis Bacon, "Of Death"


Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

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Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:02:00 GMT
ninemsn - WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - U.S. beef exports are forecast to rise to 1.7 billion lbs in 2008, up 17 percent from a year ago, due partly to rising sales to Japan, the U.S ...

Quotes from the 2008 candidates (AP via Yahoo! News)

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:51:11 GMT
Quotes from the Democratic and Republican candidates on Tuesday.

Fine silver quotations Thursday: $18.977 ounce (Canadian Business)

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:00:43 GMT
The Canadian Press February 21, 2008 - 12:44 a.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Thursday $18.977 oz., $610.11 kg.; Wednesday $18.496 oz., $594.65 kg.

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Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:00:00 GMT
ninemsn - LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Oil fell below $98 a barrel on Friday, handing back early gains in choppy trading, as falling U.S. stock markets put the focus back on economic woes in ...

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