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3836	Yes, language is changing. But not all change is progress. Some changes add to	The Philosopher	-	8/25/2002
3835	Thomas: It's a lot easier to use Kovach Accent composer if you want to use	Jack Clarke	-	8/25/2002
3834	Christopher: <i>There are heresies....</i> I am with you, although	Jack Clarke	-	8/25/2002
3833	There are heresies, and then there are HERESIES. books.guardian.co.uk If my fa	The Philosopher	-	8/23/2002
3832	HTML symbols: Message 3001472	Thomas M.	-	7/18/2002
3831	`¡™£¢§¶•ªº–«‘“*øˆ¨¥	Gordon A. Langston	-	7/17/2002
3830	Here's an answer from another poster, too: vendredi 7 juin 2002 Message 17	E	-	6/8/2002
3829	E: I'm not a native French speaker, but to my ear and eye, your informal no	Jack Clarke	-	6/8/2002
3828	Excellent, Quahog, I'm sure I'll find help there. Thank you. I didn'	E	-	6/7/2002
3827	You might take a peek here: Subject 28756	Quahog	-	6/7/2002
3826	May we do French? Someone has asked me this: If one wanted to write a casual no	E	-	6/6/2002
3825	If "justify" is <i>to make right</i>, then I concur that &	Jacques Chitte	-	5/26/2002
3824	No, I don't think so. "The means devalue the end." or "the	Quahog	-	5/22/2002
3823	Hmmm. How about demeans, or words of that family? A little play on the means	The Philosopher	-	5/22/2002
3822	Nope. But maybe more accurate?	The Philosopher	-	5/22/2002
3821	Perhaps, but not quite as poetic is it?	Quahog	-	5/22/2002
3820	Or even devalue.	The Philosopher	-	5/22/2002
3819	Perhaps invalidate would be less condemnatory than condemn? The means invalidat	The Philosopher	-	5/22/2002
3818	We have that book in this house, actually. I'll check it out. Thank you so m	E	-	5/21/2002
3817	But it's reversed. Means/ends. It's notional, but still, I wanted to com	E	-	5/21/2002
3816	I haven't read much about Sartre, but I read this book a few years ago, and	Tom Clarke	-	5/20/2002
3815	I've been puzzling with your ends/means conundrum. Not elegant, but "	Raymond Duray	-	5/20/2002
3814	Oh dear. <i>Funny,</i> but ouch. It does follow the Sartre story	E	-	5/20/2002
3813	Hi E, Re: <i>Has anyone else read this about Sartre having his mother op	Raymond Duray	-	5/20/2002
3812	'Denigrate' had the same deficiencies as the ones I'd come up with,	E	-	5/20/2002

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