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From: maart@cs.vu.nl (Maarten Litmaath)
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Subject: What you tell and what you don't (was: Suspicious Results [...])
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Date: 17 Nov 89 20:31:25 GMT
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In article <SHAFER.89Nov8153646@drynix.dfrf.nasa.gov> shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes:
\...
\Yes, I asked them to vote YES on this.  I explained my view of the situation,
\they agreed, and voted.

Pretty naive.

(The following story is a bit outdated; put on your Joe McCarthy halloween
mask or s/USSR/Rumania/.)

Once upon a time a match was held between the USA and the USSR.  The result:

	1. USSR
	2. USA

So the Soviet newspapers wrote: of all contestants our great country
ended first, whereas the capitalistic USA ended last!
Of course there was a return match, which resulted:

	1. USA
	2. USSR

This time the Soviet papers wrote: of all contestants our great country
ended second-best, whereas the capitalistic USA ended second-to-last!
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[...] like a roving gang.  "Ah, here's a NEW almost-empty group to post train
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