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From: Ed Schwalenberg <ed@odi.com>
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In-Reply-To: Joe McGarity's message of Thu, 29 May 1997 00:04:46 -0700 <338D2A8E.56E4@snowcrest.net>
Subject: Okay, I give.
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  Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 00:04:46 -0700
  From: Joe McGarity <joemcg3@snowcrest.net>

  I have been reprimanded.  

  And justly so.  ...

This all reminds me of a time a few years ago when I read an article in
the Boston Globe about a physics professor from Iowa who claimed to have
discovered a "black box" way to remove radioactivity.  I sneered at the
idea, until a friend of mine pointed out that the professor didn't say how
long you had to leave the radioactive material in the box....
  

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