Modern Fable: Lions and gazelles (Dan Montano 1985 July 6) (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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> Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> > Harking back to the joke about the bear -- "I don't have to outrun
> the
> > bear, I just have to outrun YOU." --isn't it more important for the
> > gazelle to outrun the slowest gazelle??
>
> Right, the gazelle would be fine if it were faster than the slowest
> gazelle in the subset of the herd that is being chased.
>


Unless, of course, the lion wanted seconds.



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