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[Wilson Gray]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at stanford.edu> wrote:
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Thanks for the SNIP*, arnold! ;-)

*Back in '50's Saint Louis, a local teen mag had a section called,
"See Name In Print." You simply mailed in your name and that of your
high school and you got a SNIP to show to all of your friends. As well
as a motive for buying the mag, of course.

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-Wilson
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