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This is an endemic problem, ranging from failing bridges, levees and air traffic control systems, to starting wars without thought to how they'll end, to badly-designed school systems, to borrowing without considering financial capacity, to poor health, to crime, to everything.
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If the options are: well-designed voter suppression campaign versus badly-designed GOTV campaign, the history of the modern Democratic party suggests the latter.
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Most of these green giants are over 200 years old, and every September they get a short-back-and-sides from the Forestry Commission, whose badly-designed sign at the entrance makes one worry about what might be sheared-out in the future.
Snip Snip Peter Ashley 2008
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This is an endemic problem, ranging from failing bridges, levees and air traffic control systems, to starting wars without thought to how they'll end, to badly-designed school systems, to borrowing without considering financial capacity, to poor health, to crime, to everything.
A Pound of Cure 2008
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This is an endemic problem, ranging from failing bridges, levees and air traffic control systems, to starting wars without thought to how they'll end, to badly-designed school systems, to borrowing without considering financial capacity, to poor health, to crime, to everything.
A Pound of Cure 2008
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Cheap polyesters or badly-designed prints will make these look like a dog's breakfast -- upgrading to better-quality cottons and silks and good buttons and taking your time with construction will make all the difference here.
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Cheap polyesters or badly-designed prints will make these look like a dog's breakfast -- upgrading to better-quality cottons and silks and good buttons and taking your time with construction will make all the difference here.
April 2009 2009
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I agree with all of the above, that there is something immensely pleasing about a well-designed book; something off-putting about a badly-designed book.
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As an aside, bringing up the extremely badly-designed NIH as an argument against government involvement in health care is akin to bringing up Chrysler as proof that privately-owned car companies can't work.
Obama on Health Care, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I rather like the idea of a Disabled Badger--they're ornery enough when they're *not* fighting with the insurance companies or navigating down badly-designed sidewalks....
Things that crack me up #40 Kay Olson 2008
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