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smalltalk

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    Comment #6385673

    So does InDesign, which uses the TeX algorithm, QuarkXPress, and just about any other application that lays out text. Even Word! Think of that! A program far more suited to laying …

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    Comment #6376219

    Does having Lyme disease make one an insufferable pretentiously pompous ass?

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    Comment #6367598

    No, if he knew anything at all about legal expenses, he wouldn't have implied it made sense to sue someone with maybe $500,000 in assets.

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    Comment #6338210

    What does this post have to do with the topic? Why do we care what you've read over the past year? No one cares and you're not that special. Other people read too.

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    Comment #6311934

    What people seem regularly to forget is that if you are not a US citizen, you have absolutely no right or privilege to enter the US. While the US may decide to extend you the court…

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    Comment #6311857

    It may be all three factors, but given (C), (C) alone is reasonable justification for his situation, rendering (A) and (B) irrelevant.

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    Comment #6303453

    Really? You can get into the UK without a passport from Syria these days?

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    Comment #6299357

    You're not an American leaving the US, so your comment is irrelevant. And if the graduate school opportunity was at UMass, I assure you, it was not a very good department.

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    Comment #6281517

    Care to explain why it's shoddy journalism?

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    Comment #6272153

    With respect to contract enforceability, writing is helpful for evidentiary purposes, but outside of a few specific areas governed by the statute of frauds, not required at all - a…

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    Comment #6272100

    Try not paying for any of those things and see how it goes.

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    Comment #6267601

    Judicial person is also correct. Also correct are fictitious person, artificial person or juristic person. In other words, no need for the "correction."

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    Comment #6224638

    For those who understand English, the title should be: "Man turns 60, commits suicide and leaves a website as suicide note." Come on, let's try to get those nouns and verbs to agre…

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    Comment #6181583

    Refunds for anyone? I can't believe this guy asks for a donation to his legal defense fund. I already donated when I paid for a service that I now can't use. How do I go about gett…

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    Comment #6181575

    I already donated when I paid for a service that I now can't use. How do I go about getting a reverse donation -- i.e., a refund?

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    Comment #6100448

    When and why would a lawyer be concerned with web-specific typography? I can't possibly imagine a lawyer ever needing to know about web-safe fonts or any other aspects of typograph…

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    Comment #6072506

    Saying "clearly" is usually a sign that you're trying to avoid explaining why something is true. Could you explain why PRISM violates the original spirit of the 4th amendment? The …

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    Comment #6053450

    Let me guess, you're a soviet?

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    Comment #6033560

    If you believe this is what happened, you need a much better understanding of the financial crisis. I suggest you try reading anything written by anyone, which would be certain to …

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    Comment #6006854

    What does "traitor on par with the [C]old [W]ar" mean? Do you know what "on par" means?

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    Comment #6006846

    Really, you think the average American thinks more highly of his country than the average Frenchman? Have you ever spoken to a Frenchman?

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    Comment #6006843

    What's a reasonable alternative? Anarchy? The "state" -- most rational people would say "government" -- you discuss is a collection of municipal, state and federal government, with…

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    Comment #6002068

    Please, leave the US.

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    Comment #6000754

    This is absolutely, without any doubt, the stupidest, least intelligent and most ridiculous and sensationalist comment ever to appear on the internet, or to be expressed in any oth…

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    Comment #5996076

    Let's try to remember that Roberts is appointing individuals from the existing set of federal judges -- i.e., people who have already been appointed by the President of the United …