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Date:         Thu, 16 Apr 1992 06:04:16 CDT
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From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor%RA.MSSTATE.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Reflections on the matter of language change

>    with this. Now this is a perfectly comprehensible view, but I can't
>    see that anything that linguistics or any other scientific discipline
>    teaches implies that there is nothing wrong with such changes.
>
>   However, you did not at that point respond that your statement did
> not at all concern changes in culture, but with various other remarks
> and expositions.  Hence my repeated questions.

I will have to search the archives or usenet to find the sequence.  No
time for that this morning, alas.  My failure to respond appropriately
to the question is quite likely, however.

For the record (what record??), I am finding the debates with Torkel
and Tushar interesting, informative, and fun.  Although I don't always
agree with their semantic games and such, I'm fascinated with their
breadth of knowledge and their brains.  That reminds me -- where has
Chris been during this debate?  Discussions with Chris are also fun.
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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From:         "PLOTKIN, ALEC DAVID" <185422285%UCIS.VILL.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      RE: Happy birthday, Karen!
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Happy Birthday Karen.

My you be blessed with a few more.

later

alec
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From:         Anne Harwell <aharwell%PANAM1.PANAM.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Re: A solution to all BWP problems
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>I think that the texture of words-l is remarkably suited to IRC.  It might
>even be as much fun as InitGame.


Isn't there some way to set up a channel just by issuing a command on IRC? Not
familiar enough with it to say...but if you feel like tutoring me, I'll see if
I can help out during the evening hours.

-abh
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Date: 17 Apr 92 21:13:17 GMT
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Someone did comment on the dates -- suggesting he must be related
to PDQ Bach.

JAG
^bwp
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Date:         Mon, 6 Apr 1992 16:15:55 -0500
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From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood%TENET.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Something Meaningful and Profound
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On Sun, 5 Apr 1992, The Ronin wrote:

> Asketh Doctor Nancy Harwood
>
> > Are we in the midst of another of Sherlob's puzzling mysteries, or maybe
> > the Twilight Zone, or is there really nothing at all going on with WORDS-L?
>
> Dr. Harwood,
>
>     I'm posting as fast as I can.
>
> The Ronin

Dr. The Ronin,

Really?  I'll bet you could post even faster if you tried.:-)

One whole day with *no* WORDS-L messages in the mailbox made me a very
unhappy person...not a single message all day Sunday.
ndh
From: haycock@marley.think.com (Anne Haycock)
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Subject: Re: Tushar whines
Date: 17 Apr 92 09:49:28
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In-reply-to: Tushar Samant's message of Tue, 14 Apr 1992 23:17:46 CDT

Tushar forcefully asserts and verbally lashes:

   Why this elegant variation ? Whines, Complains, Confuses, Shouts, Brays,
   when all I am doing is only bloody saying things ? Anne, behave yourself
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   and use the right word.
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Sorry, Tushar, what you write, what you mean, and what I perceive are not
always going to be one and the same -- the nature of communication,
especially electronic.  So, I am using the right word, and my behaviour has
nothing at all to do with it.  'Course, I may be deliberately
misinterpreting you, but that's half the words-l game.

So, ante up or fold.

//anne, who's tickled she got Tush's dander up//
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From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood%TENET.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Happy birthday, Karen!
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Happy Birthday, Karen!
Wishing you a wonderful day and many more of them.
ndh
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Date:         Thu, 16 Apr 1992 14:45:00 MDT
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From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: nouns

Explaineth    torkel@SICS.SE

>   I retaliate by being nasty to punsters whenever I can. I get sufficient
> satisfaction out of this to withstand the puns.

     But I don't recall you being nasty to me.  You mean you didn't get
my previous puns?  I take it back.  You are a nasty man.

The Ronin
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Date:         Fri, 10 Apr 1992 21:17:00 EDT
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From:         Adam M Hartfield <AHARTFIE%DREW.DREW.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Words-L history
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I found this while roaming my Words-l folder looking for Dan's
address.  Given the current thread of Words-L history, I thought it
most appropriate to reforward it.

...Adam


>Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1992 19:28:30 CST
>From: Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

>I joined the day the list was announced, but I can't seem to find that
>exact date at the moment.  I think it was sometime in October of '89.
>Here's something I just found from that month.
>
>Date:         Tue, 31 Oct 89 16:44:00 EDT
>Sender:       English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@YALEVM>
>From:         J_CERNY@UNHH.BITNET
>Subject:      Collective nouns collection, continued.
>To:           Natalie Maynor <MAYNOR@MSSTATE.BITNET>,
>              "Nancy M. Cox" <NMC@MSSTATE.BITNET>,
>              "Thomas Price Caldwell Jr." <PCALDWEL@MSSTATE.BITNET>
>
>To continue where I was accidentally interrupted ...
>
>from The Chronicle of Higher Education:
>
>"deficit of deans" -- Donald Harkness
>"charm of chairmen" -- Donald Harkness
>"mess of chairpeople" -- Richard Stonesifer
>"dunce of deans" -- Bernard Carman
>"deal of deans" -- Sandra Quinn, Edward Leonard, Freddy Musgrove
>"suit of deans" -- ditto
>"roll of deans" -- ditto
>"baffle of deans" -- ditto
>"barrage of deans" -- ditto
>"dam of deans" -- ditto
>"snarl of chairpersons" -- ditto
>
>Jim Cerny.
>Cmd?>
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From:         leah <LEAH%BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: the free press
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Rita, I seem to have made you angry by disagreeing with you. The fact is that
so far as freedom of the press is concerned, I believe, despite what you say,
 that it refers  to freedom of expression and ideas, not ownership. Having said
 that, however, I fully agree with you, that ownership by huge, multimedia cor-
porations, and the fact that we read less, hence do not have many newspapers in
 our own cities and towns (one if we are lucky)means that what
the press reports or
editorializes  upon inany given locale and even regionally and not nationally
is not likely to be representative of the mulitple points of view that a popu-
lace has and should hear.          There are few checks and balances left. And
while I would argue that any press is better than none at all, I am much
angered at the notion that news reporters and commentators (video and the
printed word both) see themselves as a fourth arm of the government, and even
worse, an  intermediary between me and my government. Somehow, I do not think
that this is what the founding fathers had in mind. And frankly, when I hear
the President or any other public figure speak, I do not need and much resent
having a television reporter analyze the speech for me.
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From:         BGRISSOM%UKCC.UKY.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU
Subject:      Roundabouts and such
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In the discussion of worst places to drive last week, did anyone mention
the German Autobahns?  So deadly that there's a subgenre of popular music
about tragic pileups.  Sorta like our

     Where oh where can my baby be?
     The Lord took her away from me.
     She's gone to heaven so I got to be good,
     So I can see my baby when I lea-eave this world.

brad
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Date:         Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:55:57 GMT
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*** Resending note of 04/16/92 18:17



>Can you say "Adam Conn?"

Not I Anne!! ....one of my earliest recollections of WORDS-L was of sincerely
trying to give Adam some "fatherly" advice.  I think his respons was
something like "Get a #@%%$&*%$# life!".  I thanked him, and said "no
thanks, I already have a good life".  He left and life indeed did get
much better. :-)
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Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 1992 17:45:00 MST
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From:         "Lisa J. Gilmore" <TSLGILMORE%CC.WEBER.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Tarmac rugrats
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>Lisa, Sweetheart, just hanging on in WORDS-L is ultimate proof
>of your superiority to just about everybody else in the world.
>We are all brave, beautiful, brilliant, and just plain *NICE*.

>*MY* words-kids is the best kids what there ARE!

Thanks list-mama.    Lisa
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Date:         Wed, 15 Apr 1992 19:34:12 CDT
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From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor%RA.MSSTATE.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Interdead

>      Of course none of this would happen if you left Bernard on a long
> enough leash.  On the other hand, more systems types might keep swords
> if Bernard had a longer leash.  Life is full of trade-offs.

Hmmmm.  Does anybody know how far it is from Huntsville, Alabama, to
Athens, Georgia?  I bet it's not all that far.  Bernard and I are
going to Huntsville tomorrow.  Maybe Bernardykins can trot on over
to UGA and solve their problems for them...
   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
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Date:         Wed, 8 Apr 1992 18:04:00 CDT
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From:         "815 Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980"
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Subject:      Re: female sports

Joan Boorstein asks, "How many other sports are there in which both
sexes participate together?  Sailing and tennis come to mind."

Especially far-offshore sailing :-)

Steve Karlson

Get a good start and sail on the lifted tack.
From: gtoal@castle.ed.ac.uk (Graham Toal)
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Subject: Re: ODDS 'N' ENDS
Date: 14 Apr 92 21:52:53 GMT
Organization: Edinburgh University

In article <9204141325.AA12905@isis.sics.se> torkel%SICS.SE@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU writes:
>mathematics or literature. How do you conclude, from linguistics or by
>any other means, that there is nothing wrong with a change in human culture
>whereby there is no further need for mathematics or literature?


Natalie's meaning has been perfectly clear all along.  She concludes
no such thing.  She was saying that if human culture degenerated to
such a state, there would be nothing wrong in the language paralleling
it by reducing to a system of grunts.

Graham
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Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 1992 16:43:00 MDT
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From:         The Ronin <WHITERJ%MSCD.BITNET@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: TV

Sayeth        Adam M Hartfield <AHARTFIE@DREW.DREW.EDU>

> descriptions.  Sometimes I even do the crossword in pen.

     What else does one do them in?  Except for my father, who did them
in his head.

The Ronin
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Date:         Thu, 9 Apr 1992 01:19:00 EDT
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From:         Captain CAAAAAAVEMAN!!!!! <ARHODES%DREW.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: TV

In article <tfilt199633@drew.edu>, Lobstrosities Unite <CHRISS@CWU.BITNET> write
   s:
>>...not to mention the horoscopes.:-)
>>ndh
>
> Hey, let's not forget the crossword puzzle :-)
>
> Chris
>
        Or the Cheers and Jeers!  :)

                          |_
                          Oo\ Alex
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Subject:      Re: Gleanings (39

>Posted on 14 Apr 1992 at 12:08:50 by Uriacc Mailer (002033)
>
>Re: Gleanings (39)
>
>Date:         Tue, 14 Apr 1992 11:58:08 EST
>Reply-To:     English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@UGA.BITNET>
>From:         Evelyn Duncan <R3EJD@AKRONVM.BITNET>
>
>I used to watch MTV during its first 5 years, but when it got so that
>there was one video that I wanted to watch for every 4 that I didn't,
>I turned it off.  It seems to me that MTV was more adventurous in its
>early days, not stuck in the heavy metal/rap rut it is now.  Now I
>watch VH1.
>
>Evelyn
Mtv is getting better.  The programmers have been putting together a variety of
new shows that are very good.  Liquid tv is a good example.  Alex Winter (Ted
of Bill and Ted fame)  also directs and acts in a show, I can't remember the
name, he might be a part of Liquid t.v.  The creativity is really something.
As for the videos, I only like the ones that are not being overtly commercial.
lisa
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Date:         Tue, 14 Apr 1992 18:44:26 CDT
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From:         "Natalie Maynor" <maynor%RA.MSSTATE.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Usenet
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This posting is really sort of a test message to see what's happening
with the listserv or the UGA nameserver problem or whatever.  (I haven't
gotten any list mail in a couple of hours now.)  To keep from making it
just a "testing 1,2,3" message, I'll include some recent statistics from
usenet.  It's interesting to see which topics attract the most readers:

>Newsgroups: news.lists,news.groups
>From: reid@decwrl.dec.com (Brian Reid)
>Subject: TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY (MAR 92)
>Date: Thu, 2 Apr 92 01:22:11 GMT

TOP 40 NEWSGROUPS IN ORDER BY POPULARITY
A companion posting explains the statistics and the algorithms that produced
them.

        +-- Estimated total number of people who read the group, worldwide.
        |     +-- Actual number of readers in sampled population
        |     |     +-- Propagation: how many sites receive this group at all
        |     |     |      +-- Recent traffic (messages per month)
        |     |     |      |      +-- Recent traffic (kilobytes per month)
        |     |     |      |      |      +-- Crossposting percentage
        |     |     |      |      |      |    +-- Cost ratio: $US/month/rdr
        |     |     |      |      |      |    |      +-- Share: % of newsrders
        |     |     |      |      |      |    |      |   who read this group.
        V     V     V      V      V      V    V      V
   1 270000  5560   69%  2139  8135.4    24%  0.04  13.0%  alt.sex
   2 230000  4679   84%   864  1602.9    21%  0.01  10.9%  misc.jobs.offered
   3 210000  4273   83%  1482  1825.5    32%  0.02  10.0%  misc.forsale
   4 200000  4054   82%    69   162.5     0%  0.00   9.5%  rec.humor.funny
   5 180000  3695   81%  1830  2881.1     6%  0.03   8.6%  rec.humor
   6 150000  2985   72%    10   234.7     0%  0.00   7.0%  rec.arts.erotica
   7 130000  2715   65%  1573  5650.4     2%  0.06   6.3%  alt.sex.bondage
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From:         Fredric <FDOLEZAL%UGA.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Reflections on the matter of language change
              15 Apr 1992 13:54:56 CDT from <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>

On Wed, 15 Apr 1992 13:54:56 CDT Natalie Maynor said:
>
>The statement that language change is not wrong (or bad) includes all
>language change.

Try this on for size:  Imagine a society that started using the word JEW
as a synonym for "evil, dirty rotten, no-good corrupter of our values"
Are you saying you can separate the 'linguistic change' from the application or
usage?

>I agree that phonological changes are probably not related to
>cultural changes.
but "language" changing from blah blah blah to grunt grunt is phonological?
I think 'culture' here is applied so broadly as to be meaningless.....

>Intentionality behind language change?  Not usually,
>although it's not unheard of.
Evidence???
>   --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
Fredric at uga
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From:         Clint Darling <DARLING%CATLIN.bitnet@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Goodbye

>  Probably only
>Graham has read this far -- since he's a captive to the oddities of
>his system for reading list mail.
        Nope, Natalie. I read *every* golden word you write.

Clint
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From:         "815 Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980"
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Subject:      Trapped Charlie (was clams)

Don Roby wondered why poor Charlie's wife never handed him a
 nickel.  I used to wonder the same thing.  The simplest
explanation may be that the T have rules about one passenger
paying fare for the other.  In Milwaukee people used to hand
transfers out the window to other passengers, until The Transport
Company imprinted transfers with "Good for use by fare payer only"
or some such and hired spotters to ride the cars and catch people.

Steve Karlson

"Punch mine a little long; I have to go to Eighth and Schuster's."
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Subject: Re: Swedish cake mix
Date: 12 Apr 92 17:48:18 GMT
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>>>           Observera: tillverkaren ansvarar inte for effekten av
>>>           att ata kakor bakade med denna mix av moderliga
>>>           kvinnor aktiva i internationellt utbyte av
>>>           elektronisk post.
>
>             Notice: The manufacturers are not responsible for the
>             effects of [any?] cakes baked with this mix by motherly
>             women active in international exchange of electronic mail.

By the way, in even more microscopic print farther down on the box, the
warning is repeated for Swedish cake lovers in Deutschland:

              Achtung!  Hersteller nicht verantwortlich fuer Wirkungen
              der Kuchen die mit diesem Mix gebacken werden von
              muetterlichen Frauen die an internationalen Austausch
              elektronischer Post aktiv teilnehmen.

Add commas to taste.  Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

bog
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Date:         Tue, 7 Apr 1992 17:28:59 CDT
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From:         Tushar Samant <tushar%ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      bad grace

> ... several have been explained, with good grace (where
>does that expression come from? Is there such a thing as bad
>grace?).
>
>Jill

Of course. Isn't it a common expression ? (He received the news of
defeat with bad grace.)

tushar
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From:         Nancy Harwood <harwood%TENET.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Bomber Crews and PhDssdnd
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```
On Tue, 7 Apr 1992, Tushar Samant wrote:
> >That's okay, Dr. Steve...somebody had to do it...thank you for biting
> >the bullet.
> >ndh
>
> I'll bite another, Nancy. What did Lyndon Johnson say ?

He said that the fact that a man was a newspaper reporter was a sign of
some flaw in his character.
ndh
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From:         Tushar Samant <tushar%ZAPHOD.UCHICAGO.EDU@VTVM2.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Swedish cake mix

>           what if the Dapper Dozen in Cambridge Square all agreed to
> report her presence there, protect the identity of the perpetrator,
> and otherwise continue the foul ruse?  It's not beyond the reach of an
> inflamed imagination.

You think I haven't thought of that, do you ? They are all out to get me
for my crimes. The Mohoney and the middle easterner just didn't work,
that's all.

tushar
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From:         "Aaron Dickey, The Happy Spore"
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Subject:      Re: Goodbye
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>Back in the bad old days, we were allocated a cartain number of CPU seconds for
>a class, and if we ran out before the semester ended, we failed the class. In
>reward for efficient usage of the System 36, we were also awarded extra credit
>points for CPU seconds remaining in our accounts at the end of the semester.

>-abh

Well, the bad old days are still around, unfortunately.  I found high
school students with full accounts on IRC last night.  Something is
definitely wrong with the system.

--Aaron
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From:         "815 Stephen H. Karlson 753-6980"
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Subject:      Enigma Machines

There are two popular books that shed some light on the Polish
theft of the Enigma machine.  One is _A Man Called Intrepid_,
which Ronin couldn't find.  The other is _The Ultra Secret_ which
he might not be able to find in the unreal campus library either.

Steve Karlson

Get a good start and sail on the lifted tack.
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