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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.columbia
Subject: Re: Challenger Destruct
Message-ID: <437@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 21:11:55 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 21:11:55 1986
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In article <464@tekig5.UUCP> halb@tekig5tes.UUCP (Hal Bates) writes:
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>The laser idea is weird, however, I am suprised that some Arab nut hasnt
>claimed to have planted a bomb. Seems most logical to me that they would
>try get some free press. And the press would have been more than glad to

I think they realized that either they would not be believed, in which
case they would look silly for claiming credit, or they would be
believed, in which case Reagan would bomb the heck out of them!
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Tim Smith       sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim