From the nimble fingers of jonathan (jonnnathan@...) (19/10/2001 2:53
PM) came...

> isn't it rather "l'état n'a pas besoin de savants"?

Could be: Alain will be among the first to question my command of French.
The quote was, however, shamelessly scooped from Dr. Siebenmann; whether he
ought to have known better is something on which I would not care to
comment.
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Ted Spencer; ted@...
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Be reasonable: do it my way.