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Subject:Re: Help with phrasing From:Robert Bononno <bononno -at- ACF2 -dot- NYU -dot- EDU> Date:Fri, 22 Apr 1994 22:00:11 -0400
Corrective retrofit sounds about right. I'm sure they'll argue about it,
but it sure is easier to say. Thanks much.
Robert Bononno /// Techline
bononno -at- acf2 -dot- nyu -dot- edu
CIS 73670,1570
On Fri, 22 Apr 1994, Steve Gray wrote:
> Robert Bononno writes:
> > Retrofit in case of problems
> >
> > And I don't find that very elegant. I searched a while for a single-word
> > modifier that would cover it but failed to find one. Any suggestions
> > about how to handle this?
> How about "corrective retrofit?"
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