In 2001 Linux pranksters raced pigeons against a 40-gigabytes-per-second fiber line to test a concept a puckish American scientist first coined a decade earlier:CPIP--Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol.

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Wolfowitz spoke softly to Yasa, who evidently had no idea who he was but responded with a puckish smile.

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She did not in fact betray very much at all other than a serene confidence and a puckish wit.

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The central protagonist of this tale is Jack Frost, a Puckish prankster whose powers appear to be confined to giving children snow days.

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But he is also puckish and warm, with a penchant for vests and bow ties, fedoras and fezzes.

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From puckish humor and borderline kitsch, a great and serious notion emerges: modern Europe was built on the foundation of classical music, which, as a result, endures tenaciously there.

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This is a wonderful film, from puckish start to momentous finish.

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