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A Fine Whine

  • I Fit the Profile

    Charles Simonyi | A FINE WHINE | Sunday, May 25, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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  • Dollars and Incense

    The everyday financial horrors of the successful free-lance writer.

    Dan Seligman | A FINE WHINE | Sunday, March 30, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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  • My Thoughts Exactly

    Hey! First you knock my idea, then you steal it.

    Gregg Easterbrook | A FINE WHINE | Saturday, July 13, 1996, at 3:30 AM

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