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 Post subject: Today's Orwellianism
PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:41 pm 
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"Pro bono"? More evidence that the worst ship in history is the Intern, followed closely by the Titanic, Andrea Doria, Lusitania, Sultana and General Slocum.

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 Post subject: Re: Today's Orwellianism
PostPosted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 4:05 pm 
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Pro bono: designating professional services, without compensation, for charitable organizations, poor persons, etc. (Webster's New World).

Doesn't seem to fit.


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 Post subject: Re: Today's Orwellianism
PostPosted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 10:56 pm 
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I guess they will say anything, no matter how inaccurate or stoopit, to try to gloss over the fact that they expect people to work for free.


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