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What sin has not been committed in the name of efficiency?
What soon grows old? Gratitude. -- Aristotle
What, still alive at twenty-two, A clean upstanding chap like you?
Sure, if your throat 'tis hard to slit, Slit your girl's, and swing for it....
What the deuce is it to me? You say that we go around the sun.
If we went around the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or my work....
What the hell is it good for?
What the large print giveth, the small print taketh away.
What the scientists have in their briefcases is terrifying. -- Nikita Khruschev
What they said: What they meant: "I recommend this candidate with no qualifications whatsoever.
(Yes, that about sums it up.) "The amount of mathematics she knows will surprise you....
What they said: What they meant: "If you knew this person as well as I know him, you would think as much of him as I do.
(Or as little, to phrase it slightly more accurately.) "Her input was alway...
What they said: What they meant: "You will be fortunate if you can get him to work for you.
(We certainly never succeeded.) There is no other employee with whom I can adequately compare him....

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