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#4311 | | neutron bomb, n.: An explosive device of limited military value because, as it only destroys people without destroying property, it must be used in conjunction with bombs that destroy property.
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#4312 | | new, adj.: Different color from previous model.
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#4313 | | Newlan's Truism: An "acceptable" level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job.
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#4314 | | Newman's Discovery: Your best dreams may not come true; fortunately, neither will your worst dreams.
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#4315 | | Newton's Law of Gravitation: What goes up must come down. But don't expect it to come down where you can find it. Murphy's Law applies to Newton's.
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#4316 | | Newton's Little-Known Seventh Law: A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead.
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#4317 | | Nick the Greek's Law of Life: All things considered, life is 9 to 5 against.
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#4318 | | Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules: The first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.
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#4319 | | no brainer: A decision which, viewed through the retrospectoscope, is "obvious" to those who failed to make it originally.
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#4320 | | no maintenance: Impossible to fix.
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