News: 2022-03-06_10-59-54_les-russes-ne-savent-pas-ce-qu-ils-font-

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“Les Russes ne savent pas ce qu'ils font, nous bien!”: les Ukrainiens font la queue pour s'inscrire dans l’armée

(2022-03-06_10-59-54)


Des centaines d’hommes font la queue dans la capitale ukrainienne, Kiyv, pour s’inscrire dans les forces armées.

L’armée ukrainienne a besoin de toute l’aide qu’elle peut obtenir maintenant que la Russie est aux portes de Kiev. Depuis fin février, Un décret gouvernemental interdit à tous les hommes âgés de 18 à 60 ans de quitter le pays afin qu’ils restent disponibles pour la conscription militaire.


When the Apple IIc was introduced, the informative copy led off with a couple
of asterisked sentences:

It weighs less than 8 pounds.*
And costs less than $1,300.**

In tiny type were these "fuller explanations":

* Don't asterisks make you suspicious as all get out? Well, all
this means is that the IIc alone weights 7.5 pounds. The power
pack, monitor, an extra disk drive, a printer and several bricks
will make the IIc weigh more. Our lawyers were concerned that you
might not be able to figure this out for yourself.

** The FTC is concerned about price fixing. You can pay more if
you really want to. Or less.
-- Forbes