Whole Nine Yards 1966; statement of Murphy's Law 1957 (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

If these relatively early citations have previously been reported on the
list, I can't find them.

Wings of the Tiger; a novel.
Author: Carl Krueger
Publisher: New York, F. Fell [1966] p. 279 [Vietnam fiction]

"I personally recommended you for these decorations.  I know you rate
them.  I don't do these things lightly.  You went the whole nine yards."


"The House That Stores the Sun," Richard F. Dempewolff, Popular
Mechanics, Oct 1957
P 278 col 2
" "You approach a project like this," says Pelletier, "with the
reseracher's maxim in mind:  'If anything can possibly go wrong -- it
will." "

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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