"Goldilocks zone" -- not in OED

[Charles C Doyle]

In any case, shouldn't it be the "Baby Bear Zone"?   I detect anti-ursinism in the astronomical community.

--Charlie
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On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:51 PM, W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

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> JB: <<Apologies to Alexander Pope, Voltaire, and Robert Browning.>>
> WB:  Not to mention the Three Bears, which of course nobody does.

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