DIRTBALL
\dˈɜːtbɔːl], \dˈɜːtbɔːl], \d_ˈɜː_t_b_ɔː_l]\
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(XEROX PARC) A small, perhaps struggling outsider; not inthe major or even the minor leagues. For example, "Xerox isnot a dirtball company".Outsiders often observe in the PARC culture an institutionalarrogance which usage of this term exemplifies. Thebrilliance and scope of PARC's contributions to computerscience have been such that this superior attitude is not muchresented. - ESR
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- A German historian and poet; born in Neidenburg, East Prussia, Jan. 19, 1821; died at Munich, May 1, 1891. He studied severely Konigsberg home, wrote essays of deep scholarship; "Socialistic Elements Goethe's Wilhelm Meister"; tragedy, "The Death Tiberius", the ripest historical learning; "Corsica"; other most authoritative books travel description, based on close personal study. also "Euphorion", an epic, poems high repute. But his works, unsurpassed learning vivid realization spirit their times, are commanding monument genius. City Rome Middle Ages", "Lucretia Borgia", "Urban VIII"., Monuments Popes", "Athenais", need be named.