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  4. From: thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank)
  5. Subject: Re: Jews in Banks
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.230321.23649@midway.uchicago.edu>
  7. Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
  8. Reply-To: thf2@midway.uchicago.edu
  9. Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
  10. References: <1992Nov17.201925.1888@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> <1992Nov18.040552.17179@midway.uchicago.edu> <1992Nov18.133129.1903@ccsvax.sfasu.edu>
  11. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:03:21 GMT
  12. Lines: 18
  13.  
  14. In article <1992Nov18.133129.1903@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> f_gautjw@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
  15. >In article <1992Nov18.040552.17179@midway.uchicago.edu>, thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu (Ted Frank) writes:
  16. >> You've never run a lobby, then.  That's precisely how lobbies build
  17. >> their influence -- by making themselves seem more influential than
  18. >> they'll ever hope to be.
  19. >
  20. >Maybe that's what they taught you in law school but in real life the
  21. >liar loses all credibility and influence related to it.  
  22.  
  23. Only if they get caught lying.
  24.  
  25. You've never had a salesman overexaggerate?  There's even a legal
  26. term for it: "puffing".  Overselling is not fraud, because some
  27. "puffing" is expected.
  28. -- 
  29. ted frank                     | thf2@ellis.uchicago.edu 
  30. standard disclaimers          | void where prohibited
  31. the university of chicago law school, chicago, illinois 60637
  32.