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Re: Acorn's involvement with NCI/Oracle - is it safe?

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From: Richard Travers
Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 00:00
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In article <ant092054bc87YML@enterprise.net>, Kai Andersen
<aok@enterprise.net> wrote:

> Incidently it's so good to see the Conservative Government
> out of office. Perhaps now they'll comprehend the reality
> of job insecurity with their rose tinted delusion shaken?
> Maybe Norman Lammont will rethink whether "unemployment is 
> a price worth paying" now it's put a minor wrinkle in his 
> comfortable lifestyle?

Sadly, I doubt that many of the recently deposed Tory MP's will
need to join the dole queue - most will have either exiting jobs
to return to or corporate friends able to offer them directorships.

It makes a nice picture, though, the likes of Norman Lamont and
Michael Portillo reaping the benefits of their own Social Security
policies :-)

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From: Richard Travers <richt@argonet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Acorn's involvement with NCI/Oracle - is it safe?
Date: 1997/05/10
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