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1245
Wow -- that bad, huh? I don't think anyone at my paper quit over getting DTI, but I'm sure a few threatened to...<br><br>Kelly...
gr8books
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Jul 1, 2001
4:58 pm
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ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) -- A dozen immigrants, hoping to become U.S. citizens, file into Bill Scouton’s class to learn about America.<br> “Why do we have ...
blanp
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Jul 3, 2001
10:19 pm
1247
I worked as a copy editor and designer at the first a.m. paper to have a DTI system. We were so eager for fixes that sometimes the software would arrive by Fed...
bartleby999
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Jul 4, 2001
8:54 am
1248
At my paper, we've been told for the past year or so that we're going to get the upgrade of DTI that will be more like Quark -- so why did we have to get rid...
gr8books
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Jul 4, 2001
3:27 pm
1249
The paper I work for went to DT several years ago at version 3.1. We're now on 4.3, so we've seen it develop.<br><br>At first everyone hated it, partly because...
dbaldu
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Jul 4, 2001
11:16 pm
1250
I don't care how much better the new DT is from the older one. I hate it. If I made it one night with losing a page or having a story disappear it was only ...
Agoofy12
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Jul 5, 2001
3:52 am
1251
Wow. So much bitterness in one message. DT isn't Quark (get used to that), but it can work out fairly well, especially if you use it with a database. Maybe you...
dbaldu
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Jul 5, 2001
12:20 pm
1252
I've never seen DTI, so I can't say whether Agoofy12's bitterness is justified. But count me in as another who's skeptical about a system whose selling point...
abbafan
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Jul 5, 2001
5:00 pm
1253
No one asked me, but my solution to problems with pagination systems is to let others worry about layout so I can edit....
blanp
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Jul 5, 2001
6:22 pm
1254
Because they are apples and oranges. DT is not as user-friendly, but offers newspapers, particularly chains, database and LAN features that are simply not...
dbaldu
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Jul 5, 2001
7:34 pm
1255
&lt;&lt;No one asked me, but my solution to problems with pagination systems is to let others worry about layout so I can edit. &gt;&gt;<br><br>Good point. One...
bartleby999
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Jul 5, 2001
8:28 pm
1256
Texas Monthly's Jim Atkinson, who once wrote articles that celebrated drinking, now tells readers he's a recovering alcoholic.<br><br>***We're happy for you,...
blanp
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Jul 5, 2001
10:52 pm
1257
&lt;&lt;The only thing more boring than reading about drinking adventures is reading about recovery.&lt;&lt;<br><br>And the only thing worse than reading...
JJMoney62
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Jul 6, 2001
2:27 am
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ST. LOUIS (AP) … American adventurer Steve Fossett said Thursday he'll make <br>another attempt to fly his giant balloon around the world alone this ...
blanp
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Jul 6, 2001
2:56 am
1259
Who'll be the first one to make the hot air analogy? And would you decide not to, please?...
majorbabs
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Jul 6, 2001
8:03 pm
1260
In my current position, I am responsible for both layout and editing so I don't have much of a choice. My bitterness about the DT system grows from working on...
Agoofy12
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Jul 7, 2001
3:56 am
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By EDWARD WONG<br>New York Times<br><br> It is as elusive as the search for Atlantis, as tangled in legend as the quest for the Holy Grail. For nearly a ...
blanp
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Jul 7, 2001
11:04 pm
1262
Shorthanded desks are the fault of management. Not holding DT's feet to the fire to get fixes for bugs is also the fault of management. I'm more than familiar...
dbaldu
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Jul 8, 2001
12:36 am
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I have worked with DT for almost two years now, and have found it to be a pretty good system. Yes it has bugs, but most of them are more frustrating than ...
exr_99
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Jul 10, 2001
2:07 am
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NASA Confronts Friday 13th Launch<br>By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer <br><br>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Ever since star-crossed Apollo 13, NASA has never...
IvanHomeless
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Jul 10, 2001
7:32 pm
1265
By Howard Kurtz<br>Washington Post<br><br> Jim Murphy may be the last journalist in America who believes the Chandra Levy story isn't ...
blanp
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Jul 10, 2001
8:43 pm
1266
The project to raise the H.L. Hunley, the claustrophobic contraption that during the Civil War became the first successful combat submarine, already had been ...
blanp
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Jul 10, 2001
11:54 pm
1267
Hoping to tap into the collective sweet tooth of the growing Latino market, candy maker Mars Inc. will launch a "dulce de leche" caramel variety of its popular...
blanp
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Jul 11, 2001
1:07 am
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By David Holley and Ela Kasprzycka<br>Los Angeles Times<br><br> JEDWABNE, Poland … In a somber ceremony held under rainy skies ....<br><br>***Just once...
blanp
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Jul 11, 2001
2:51 am
1269
Do they really think this will draw in good candidates? I want a new job, but I don't want one *that* badly.<br><br>Technnical Publlications Editer <br>Do you...
LaurSH
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Jul 11, 2001
8:17 pm
1270
A splendid example of a violation of Help-Wanted Ad Rule No. 1: Don't try to be cute....
blanp
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Jul 11, 2001
8:32 pm
1271
Differing accounts of a search in Chicago for two missing girls:<br><br><br>Police searched the Washington Park lagoon after receiving a tip that someone was ...
blanp
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Jul 11, 2001
10:14 pm
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LONDON (AP) … The technology bubble may have burst on the world's trading floors, but the industry's stock is still rising in the Concise Oxford ...
blanp
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Jul 11, 2001
10:45 pm
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WASHINGTON (AP) … Rep. Gary Condit has taken and passed a lie detector test, a source close to the California Democrat said Friday.<br> <br>***No, he...
blanp
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Jul 13, 2001
9:22 pm
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GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORTER The NewsTribune is a mid-size, Monday through Saturday PM, located off Interstate 80 about 1 1/2 hours from Chicago. <br><br>***It ...
blanp
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