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From: kathy@bakerst.UUCP (Kathy Vincent)
Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro.att
Subject: Re: AT&T MIPS claim
Message-ID: <130@bakerst.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Jun-86 23:49:37 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 15 23:49:37 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Jun-86 05:23:53 EDT
References: <577@scirtp.UUCP> <266@comm.UUCP> <286@sfsup.UUCP> <612@mtune.UUCP> <16@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu>
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Summary: lies, etc

In article <16@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu>, moly@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu (Bruce F. Wong) writes:
> In article <612@mtune.UUCP> jhc@mtune.UUCP (Jonathan Clark) writes:
> 
> >Remember, these days there are five types of falsehoods:
> >	Lies
> >	Damned Lies
> >	Statistics
> >	Benchmarks
> >	Salesman's claims
> >
> >PS Anyone know the origin of this recent version of the famous
> >chestnut? Even the original original?
> 
> The original original was from Benjamin Disraeli, revered statesman.
> 

My Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (3rd ed) lists the quote, yes,
under Disraeli, with the following source line beneath it:

	Attr. Mark Twain, Autobiography, I.246

Might that be the original (vs. original original) you're
talking about?


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