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Subject: 
Re: Idealism vs Realism?
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Date: 
Wed, 2 Oct 2002 13:02:14 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Maggie Cambron writes:

It was either he or Truman-- no, wait, Truman was the guy who made all
Federal workers swear on a stack of Bibles they aren't Communists....

Didn't work very well, did it? :-)

If I take your meaning, then it sounds like it worked as well as any other
ritual.  Was each applicant also required to throw salt over his left
shoulder?

Of course!  But it had to be salt obtained through the government purchasing
system, which effectively brought the price to about $65 per pound.

Maggie



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(...) If I take your meaning, then it sounds like it worked as well as any other ritual. Was each applicant also required to throw salt over his left shoulder? Dave! (22 years ago, 1-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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