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Jolla Announces First Meego Phone Available By End 2013
maybe descriptive Post Abstainer, n.: A weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" Trademarks property of their respective owners. Comments owned by the poster. Copyright © 2013 Dice. from Slashdot Read more »
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EDITORIAL: The NLRB's unfair labor practice
impish lexicographer Ambrose Bierce defined a lawyer as someone “skilled in the circumvention of the law.” By that reckoning, the lawyers at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are among the most experienced lawyers in town. Last week was to be the deadline from Washington Times Read more »
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Optimism and Pessimism in Writing During the Civil War Era
proves that war is bloody and disastrous, rather than a great thing like it used to be viewed as. In another one of Ambrose Bierce’s works, The Devil’s Dictionary, Bierce provides cynical and pessimistic definitions of words rather than their... [continues from EssayClub.com Read more »
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The Enlarged Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce - #10.99
Penguin, browse our latest vacancies, get in touch or find out more about the history of Penguin. An incomparable satirist, Ambrose Bierce became the "laughing devil" of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according from Penguin Books Read more »
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Don Pesci: Advocacy and the strife of interests
this sorry planet is steeped in political chicanery, ambition and the ceaseless strife of political interests that, in Ambrose Bierce’s definition of “politics,” masquerades as “a contest of principles.” Don Pesci is a writer who lives in Vernon. E-mail: donaldpesci@comcast.net from Foothills Media Group Read more »
