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<DIV>On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 17:51:17 +0800 Laurence Horn <<A
href="mailto:laurence.horn@YALE.EDU">laurence.horn@YALE.EDU</A>>
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<DIV><FONT face=Palatino color=#000000>> a kind of linguistic version of
Gresham's Law</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>OOoooo, that's GOOD! May I use it? Without attribution?</DIV>
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