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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: abcde
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Date: Wed, 1-May-85 19:36:10 EDT
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[she's so pubvexingfjordschmaltzy]

> But the letters have to appear IN ORDER!  Here's a slight improvement
> on the first:
>    ambuscade fighting jackal menopause quarks turvy waxy zebra
>    ^ ^  ^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^   ^  ^ ^ ^ ^^^     ^  ^ ^ ^^ ^  ^ ^^ ^
> which does it in 8.  I got this one using egrep on /usr/dict/words,
> and believe it is optimal.
> 
> David Albert

Don't look now, but you can replace the last four words by

					queerest purview oxygenize
					^   ^ ^^  ^ ^  ^  ^^    ^
	"One brain is worth two computers."  --Dr. Who Cares
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel