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Subject:Re: citing a source? From:Barb Miller <millerb -at- TCPLINK -dot- NREL -dot- GOV> Date:Mon, 28 Aug 1995 13:03:29 MDT
Kathy Farrell asks
" . . . Many of you are probably familiar with them -- the "Buzzphrase
Generator" (three columns of buzzwords, pick one from each column to
assemble impressive but gaseous phrases...), and 10 proverbs rewritten
into pseudo-scientific jargon.
<snip>
Does anyone know the source or author of either of these pieces?"
The first one sounds like it came from _Tech Speak_. And I can't find my
copy! If I find out who I loaned it to, I'll send you the author's name, etc.
I also have a copy of A Bureacrat's Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies by Susan
E. Russ that's fun. It's a reprint from the Washington Post around April
1982. If you can't locate a copy, let me know and I'll send it to you.
Barb Miller
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
millerb -at- tcplink -dot- nrel -dot- gov
