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Re: numerous/ 1:ASAT 2:Water 3:misquotes

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From: tffreeba
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:17
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In article <Bzpyuw.MIG.1@cs.cmu.edu>, 0001964967@mcimail.com (Daniel Burstein) writes:
> A few points related to recent discussions:
> 

        [Some interesting stuff deleted]
 
> 3) Mis-quotes:
> 
> a) Just being a stickler for accuracy here, but if any group should
> get this one right, it would be a science-oriented discussion
> like this one.  Numerous people have made reference to the
> program that developed the first nuclear weapons by the 
> United States during World War two.
> 
>    Contrary to popular belief, the actual name for this
> was the "Manhattan District." (I won't print the wrong one)
>                    ^^^^^^^^

I am looking at my nuke 'em 'til they glow hat, and attached to it is a pin
given to the scientists involved with the Manhattan whaterver after the war.
It says "Manhattan Project."  It would seem that this newsgroup is not the
only place people got confused. Could you expand on this?   T. Freebairn
 
> Yours in Fussbudgetness...
> Danny Burstein
> 
> <dburstein@mcimail.com>
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