Tacit

You become a serious

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You become a serious programmer by going through a stage where you are fully aware of the degree to which you know the specification, meaning both the explicit and the tacit specification of your language and of your problem. Hey, it works most of the time is the very antithesis of a serious programmer, and … Read more

The Democratic power elite

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The Democratic power elite on some level feels delegitimized by its working-class, black and female constituencies. What it wants are the \”legitimate\” votes of suburban, white, middle-class, affluent males. Even liberal voters and organizations tend on some tacit level to accept the idea that they are not the \”real\” Americans the Democrats must pursue. Ellen … Read more

There is …a huge

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There is …a huge tacit conspiracy between the U.S. government, its agencies and its multinational corporations, on the one hand, and local business and military cliques in the Third World, on the other, to assume complete control of these countries and \”develop\” them on a joint venture basis. The military leaders of the Third World … Read more

But the severe rules

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But the severe rules of discipline which the prudence of the bishops had instituted were relaxed by the same prudence in favour of an Imperial proselyte, whom it was so important to allure, by every gentle condescension, into the pale of the church; and Constantine was permitted, at least by a tacit dispensation, to enjoy … Read more

It\’s difficult for people

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It’s difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of people ever really get the word about life, about living abundantly and successfully. Success in the important departments of life seldom comes naturally, no more naturally than success at anything – a musical instrument, sports, fly-fishing , tennis, golf, business, … Read more