I just read the following post in talk.origins, and couldn't resist
re-posting it here.
Richard Wein (Tich)
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Schmoe <me@anonymous.com>
Newsgroups: talk.origins
Date: 03 July 2000 06:42
Subject: Info. on writing theories
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>
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>
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