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Rube Goldberg (American informal) a Rube Goldberg piece of equipment or plan is very complicated and not very practical Usage notes: Rube Goldberg was an American who drew funny pictures for newspapers showing complicated inventions. They use a Rube Goldberg type contraption to open and close the farm gate. The city is not well served by this Rube Goldberg scheme for economic development. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Goldberg offers practical, easy-to-follow suggestions from his 24 years as an administrator on Long Island, N. Written by Lea Goldberg (1911-1970), establisher of the Hebrew University's Department of Comparative Literature and recipient of the Israel Prize, Selected Poetry and Drama presents Rachel Tzvia Back's fresh translation of a broad cross-section of Goldberg's poetry, as well as T. Goldberg will oversee creative endeavors while 9-year-old New West will handle most of the marketing and promotion. |
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