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Subject:Another bbo boo From:Peggy Thomson <Peggy_Thompson -at- CCMAIL -dot- OSTI -dot- GOV> Date:Wed, 2 Aug 1995 10:08:00 -0400
When I was a neophyte writer (just out of college and full of
self-importance) for a coal industry newsletter, I proudly typed
this headline about a work force reduction--and my hot-headed
editor never caught it until it appeared in print:
