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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Senator William Proxmire and The Golden Fleece Awards
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Date: Mon, 23-Jul-84 17:36:20 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 23 17:36:20 1984
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Did the Golden-Fleece Award summary mention that he had to publicly
apologize for one of them after the recipient sued him?  The awards
would be more amusing if Proxmire wasn't a shortsighted ignoramus.
Some of the things he's given awards to were quite legitimate (if
somewhat odd-sounding) research projects.  It's true that *some* of
his awards have been justified, but his batting average is nowhere
near 100%, and many think that he's done more harm than good.

"Anyone who buys Wisconsin cheese is a traitor to mankind." -- Pournelle

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