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neutron bomb, n.:
An explosive device of limited military value because, as
it only destroys people without destroying property, it
must be used in conjunction with bombs that destroy property.
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new, adj.:
Different color from previous model.
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Newlan's Truism:
An "acceptable" level of unemployment means that the
government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job.
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Newman's Discovery:
Your best dreams may not come true; fortunately, neither will
your worst dreams.
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Newton's Law of Gravitation:
What goes up must come down. But don't expect it to come down where
you can find it. Murphy's Law applies to Newton's.
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Newton's Little-Known Seventh Law:
A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead.
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Nick the Greek's Law of Life:
All things considered, life is 9 to 5 against.
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Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules:
The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of
the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
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no brainer:
A decision which, viewed through the retrospectoscope,
is "obvious" to those who failed to make it originally.
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no maintenance:
Impossible to fix.
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