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- From: pdsmith@bbn.com (Peter D. Smith)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: Nightline and Presidential Cantidates
- Date: 16 Nov 1992 22:33:54 GMT
- Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA
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- References: <1992Nov14.005107.37442@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Reply-To: pdsmith@spca.bbn.com (Peter D. Smith)
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- In article <1992Nov14.005107.37442@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> jm0i@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (JOSEPH ALOYSIUS MCVEIGH) writes:
- >I'm one of those purists who likes facts. By definition, a recession is a
- >period of 2 or more consecutive quarters of GNP contraction. Note that the
- >definition does not mention level of income, amount of wealth, or ability to
- >spell "discretionary."
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- Well, that's glory for you.
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- Peter D. Smith
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- (10 point trivia question: where's the quote from, and why does it apply?)
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