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From: mg16@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Mark D. Garfinkel)
Subject: Re: Dave Barry's Column of 7/8/95
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In article <3u0m53$9ol@panix2.panix.com>,
John Reinitz <reinitz@panix.com> wrote:

>I thought 
>it only proper to cross-post Eric's statement to alt.fan.dave_barry,
>with followups set to alt.fan.dave_barry, bionet.drosophila,
>ans sci.bio.entomology.misc. 
>
>I am sure the resulting discussion will provide a valuable
>opportunity for people in this group to explain the
>importance of basic research to the general public.
	USENET readership is "the general public"? That's news to me.

Mark
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