Taranto objects to the request on the grounds that it is vague and ambiguous.

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In that case, this would be a classic example of the Taranto Principle.

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If anybody is suffering irreparable harm, Taranto said, it is Verizon, which continues to lose customers to Vonage.

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Mr. Taranto, a member of the Journal's editorial board, writes the Best of the Web Today column for WSJ.com.

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That was the chuckle James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal had at the expense of the results last week.

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Verizon lawyer Richard Taranto disputed the argument that Vonage would be in dire straits if it could no longer sign up new customers.

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There will be employment for about 1, 000 while wells are drilled, an oil-collection centre built and a pipeline laid to a refinery at Taranto.

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James Taranto had some fun with an op-ed misfire written for the New York Times last week by a scientist at Boise State University.

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