Q: "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

[Victor Steinbok]

The date tag can be wrong, of course, but there seems to be little doubt
of the source.

http://bit.ly/cWKQe1

The search reveals "Subscribe for 1967" on at least two separate pages,
and other usual methods show that the entire 1966 volume is contained
therein. There are two hits for 1968--with the one visible showing
"forecast for 1968".

     VS-)

On 6/3/2010 7:38 PM, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> I am not clear as to whether anyone has verified the occurrence of this saying in the 1966 Scientific American article.  Does anyone know of the exact wording there?
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
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