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- From: gjm11@cus.cam.ac.uk (G.J. McCaughan)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Barbie developments
- Message-ID: <1992Oct10.155202.235@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
- Date: 10 Oct 92 15:52:02 GMT
- References: <1992Oct9.194704.24314@informix.com>
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- In article <1992Oct9.194704.24314@informix.com> newswire@ap.com (Newswire) writes:
- >
- > WASHINGTON (AP) _ In a development sure to raise the
- >temperature in the controversy over Barbie's "Math is tough" message,
- >Mattel has acknowledged that a disgruntled employee has inserted a
- >number of contentious messages into several thousand Barbie dolls.
- >
- > etc.
- >
-
- In a development sure to raise the temperature in the controversy over Barbie's
- "Math is tough" message, it has been acknowledged that a disgruntled Usenet
- reader has inserted a number (possibly only one) of contentious messages into
- certain Usenet newsgroups.
-
- The messages include allegations that Barbie dolls have been programmed with
- political slogans and suchlike.
-
- Thank you for your attention. :-)
-
- --
- Gareth McCaughan Dept. of Pure Mathematics & Mathematical Statistics,
- gjm11@cus.cam.ac.uk Cambridge University, England. [Research student]
-