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Wednesday, July 18, 2007 12:00 AM

I hate buzzwords! It's not "carbon," it's "carbon dioxide"

And what about these stupid yellow ribbons everywhere? I hate that too!
By Cary Tennis

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  • Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:24 AM

    My pet peeve is people whose pet peeves are based on errors

    Main Entry: pro·ac·tive

    Pronunciation: (")prO-'ak-tiv

    Function: adjective

    1 [1pro-] : relating to, caused by, or being interference between previous learning and the recall or performance of later learning

    2 [2pro- + reactive] : acting in anticipation of future problems, needs, or changes

    - pro·ac·tive·ly adverb

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