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Subject:Re: Help file resumes From:Erik Harris <ewh -at- PLAZA -dot- DS -dot- ADP -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 3 Nov 1994 08:32:46 -0800
Rick Lippincott wrote:
>Chuck Martin wrote:
>>... because (s)he doesn't like putting "foreign" disks into his(her) computer.
>Uhh, did we just take PC & de-genderization a bit far? I'm guessing that
>Chuck is clear on this person's gender.
>While I understand an interest in keeping the editor's identity a secret, I
>don't think "his" or "her" would have revealed too much....
What evidence is there that Mr. Martin knew the gender of the hiring editor?
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Quod erat demonstrandum
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