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demented

Yet another term of disgust used to describe a program. The connotation in this case is that the program works as designed, but the design is bad. Said, for example, of a program that generates large numbers of meaningless error messages, implying that it is on the brink of imminent collapse.

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Mother has been almost demented ever since father died--she's an old woman.

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That might explain his change of countenance, and it was just possible that her demented influence still hung about Holmescroft; but the rest was beyond me.

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I dug eagerly, and now and then caught myself actually looking, with something that very much resembled expectation, for the fancied treasure, the vision of which had demented my unfortunate companion.

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"We feel that this is something God led us to do," said church member Debbie DeMent, whose husband, Randy, is a retired firefighter.

First Baptist Church women donate bears to fire, police

Lang, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Dave Alvin, Iris Dement, Dave Van Ronk, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Tom Paxton, Ian Tyson, Iris Dement, Joe Ely, and a hundred others.

Man of many talents

"Grocery is a critical component that we are leveraging as part of Target's overall strategy," Anne Dement, senior vice president, merchandising for grocery, at Target, tells Grocery Headquarters in an exclusive interview.

Aiming to be America's grocer: Target is doubling down its grocery efforts by remodeling stores, stressing perishables and listening to its "guests."

"We wanted every part of the state to be represented," said author Polly Dement. "It also includes entrepreneurs in creative and social issues; not just business people."

Stories of entrepreneurial Mississippians are inspirational

SING THE DELTA Iris DeMent (Flariella Records, 2012)

Sing the Delta

He was born July 7, 1938, in Roseburg to Milton and Margaret McCammon Dement. He married Patricia Harmon on Nov.

OBITUARIES

According to Louis DeMent, general manager with Syracuse, N.Y.-based Giovanni Food Company Inc., several national brands have reduced the size of their pasta sauce packaging from 26 ounces to 24 ounces.

Let's Get Saucy

1st Class Lance Dement from the Marksmanship Unit--an elite collection of top military shooters who have won more than 40 world championships and 23 Olympic medals.