The bug
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Some industries have failed to anticipate the likely problems associated with the transition of computers to the year 2000, and are only just beginning to address the problem 500 days before the turn of the century. The aviation industry has resolved some problems but officials admit that others are impossible to predict and just 80% of the industry's functionality is testable. Some aviation insurance companies believe airlines will refuse to fly until safety is assured. All high-technology systems from life support machines to elevators will be affected by the bug.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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Liberating Maupassant: Christian-Jaque's 'Boule de suif' (1945)
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Christian-Jaque's film 'Boule de suif,' an adaptation of two stories by Guy de Maupassant, provides a corrective to the 'resistancialist' bias of other post-Occupation French films. Christian-Jaque's film conveys a more rounded view of the forces driving both resistance and collaboration during the Occupation. Maupassant's stories of the Franco-Prussian war are transposed in the film to occupied France.
Publication Name: The French Review
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0016-111X
Year: 1999
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Push has come to shove; it's now or never, and a bit of American folk poetry says it best
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'When push comes to shove' is an American expression that refers to a critical moment. The origin of the phrase and its usage are discussed.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1997
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