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DISSEMBLE, v.i. To put a clean shirt upon the character.
Let us dissemble....
DISTANCE, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs, and keep.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Distinct as the billows, yet one as the sea.
-- James Montgomery (1771-1854) -- The Ocean, Line 54...
Distinction without a difference. -- Henry Fielding (1707-1754) -- Tom Jones, Book vi, Chap. xiii
Distinctive, adj.: A different color or shape than our competitors.
Distress, n.: A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend.
-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary...
Distributed file systems are a cruel hoax. -- Zalman Stern, former ITC hacker diety
distribution: n. 1. A software source tree packaged for distributio
but see {kit}. 2. A vague term encompassing mailing lists and USENET newsgroups (but not {BBS} {fora})...
District Attorneys] learn in District Attorney School that there are two sure-fire ways to get a lot of favorable publicity
(1) Go down and raid all the lockers in the local high school and co...
District of Columbia pedestrians who leap over passing autos to escape injury, and then strike the car as they come down, are liable for any damage inflicted on the vehicle.

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