General Purpose Programming

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    A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
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    the Omnibus
    Had no real purpose till it got to us.
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    If there is a price to pay for the privilege of spending the early years of child rearing in the driver’s seat, it is our reluctance, our inability, to tolerate being demoted to the backseat. Spurred by our success in programming our children during the preschool years, we may find it difficult to forgo in later states the level of control that once afforded us so much satisfaction.
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