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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (2388)1/20/1999 9:28:00 PM
From: Volsi Mimir  Read Replies (1) of 13018
 
"Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects."

John Kenneth Galbraith
American Economist

[......and about Mencken's wonderful q:
how did that ole joke go-
the little jewish boy was asked to add 2 and 2,
and the boy responded- "Am I buying or selling?"]

IS [Websters]
(iz)
vi.
[[ME < OE, akin to Ger ist
< IE *esti (> Sans asti,
Gr esti, L est)
< base *es-, to be + -ti,
prob. orig. an enclitic pron.]] 3d pers. sing.,
pres. indic.,
of BE

[guess 'is' is the 2nd letter in the alphabet when the 3rd guy says it]
that is what is is what i think is is.
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