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Re: LETTER
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Weiss)
Tue Dec 5 13:25:47 2006
From: "Jerry Weiss" <pavellatrina@aksl.org>
To: "Os2ann.discuss" <os2ann.discuss@bloom-picayune.mit.edu>
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possibly because Annie's erratic milking habits had already dried her up. =
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this tree was an old-fashioned pair of blued steel handcuffs. =
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a response to Geoffrey's question. =20And then one day the hole widene=
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