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To: Warren Gates who wrote (841)	11/14/1996 9:14:00 PM
From: Mondoman	of 18263

I would kill for another Borland. Most of my short plays tend to decay very rapidly - which makes it difficult to increase my positions in reasonable increments as the price falls and more margin is released. In the last 10 years or so I've only run across two stocks which I considered "perfect" shorts - Borland (BORL) and Software Publishing (SPCO), i.e. slow, grinding drops. In Borland's case I collateralized 500 shares for my initial short position. When I finally covered, I was short nearly 25,000 shares, and I never needed to add another penny to my margin account. I'm currently studying Dillards Department Stores (DDS). It recently released a surprisingly bad earnings report, and its balance sheet, earnings record and price to cash flow ratio is ever-so-slowly turning south. I don't understand the retail business as well as computers and software, so I'm taking my time before I commit, but my guess is it's a good bet - you may want to look at it.

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