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From: ber
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 1984 19:05
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Summary of net.misc for week:  Sat Mar 17 through to Sat Mar 24.
				Sean Byrne (garfield!sean)

There were 49 articles.

Start of:
	Debate on religious followings: Andy Tannenbaum vs. Larry Bickford
		- with comments from various people
	What's the rule of 78?
		- a law used in computation of amount due on a loan over
		a certain period of time.
	Horses vs. Currant Buns.
		- the division of people according to the believe that
		there are two kinds of people: horse faced people (long),
		and currant-bun faced people (similar to cabbage patch dolls).
		All the social and political ramifications of this were
		discussed.
Continuations:
	Creation/Evolution debate still raging on
		- as always
	Superman vs Darth Vader (truly silly)
		- mots (more of the same)
	More on SiO sub 2 (silicon dioxide) in Nutrasweet
	Acronyms of the month.
	Canada's Tradion as a Pioneer in Comm. Tech.
		- this has developed into a debate over who
		the first radio and TV stations were.
Wanted:
	Information on Juno-60, made by Roland.
	Standard disgusting drink.
		- this mas developed from the proctect your
		bottle at BYOB parties from last week.
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