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From: crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin)
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Subject: Re: Pie From the Sky
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Date: Tue, 16-Sep-86 21:21:09 EDT
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In article <8559@tektronix.UUCP> davest@tektronix.UUCP (Dave Stewart) writes:
>	However, in light of the current view of the ecological impact
>of an all-out nuclear exchange, it would not matter where one is located
>on the planet - it's probably lights out.  WAR DAY and all aside, it
>is naive to think that the survivalist approach will work.

Can't argue with you -- but at least as far as "Pie..." is concerned,
it is worth noting that it was written in 1947 -- we didn't know about
nuclear winter (or nuclear autumn, as some studies suggest -- just a
slower starvation, no need to worry).

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			Charlie Martin
			(...mcnc!duke!crm)