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Subject:Re[2]: Grad school (PhDs) From:Bonni Graham <Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- RELAY -dot- PROTEON -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 28 Oct 1993 11:04:00 EST
Um, Brad, I think Alun meant that desperate is spelled wrong...
Bonni Graham | documentation, n. What passes
Technical Writer | for humor in the computer in-
Easel Corporation, ENFIN Technology Lab | dustry. A transcript of Sat-
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President, San Diego STC | by Torquemada --Ezra Shapiro
<see brad's message for text>
> Michael Gos (but not Thoreau, who was not so politically correct) writes: >
> "Most (wo)men lead lives of quiet desparation" (sic) >
> ... whereas, the rest of us learned to spell and moved on to join > the real
world.