We'd certainly hope so, considering it was the venerable US computing giant which first released the 700C back in 1992, and only gave up its claim to the name a mere two years ago with the completion of its PC division sale -- but don't worry Big Blue, even if the new guys forgot, we still sent you a card.

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The piece was the most venerable lot in the sale so it attracted just a handful of serious bids.

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It's snazzy stuff for a venerable, white-shoe firm so taciturn that it omits the Goldman name on its headquarters tower a few blocks south of Wall Street.

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To do so, he is studying as many pairs of venerable siblings as possible, in the hope that the genes they have in common hold the secret of their advanced years.

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It seemed inconceivable at that time that the print book business with its half-millennium history would become worthless in just a few years time, so the predictions by industry leaders were that the venerable print book business would coexist happily with the augmentation of e-books that would allow people to travel easily with their favorite book.

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So it's a bit sad to see one of Silicon Valley's most venerable startups, Hewlett-Packard (HWP), pulling an Elvis.

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