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To: Morgan Drake who wrote (34344)	7/8/1999 7:58:00 PM
From: engineer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 152472

Wouldn't be just too bad if the shorts themselves caused the stock to rise another 20%. 18M short against 150M outstanding....that is like 12% of the stock..

To: Morgan Drake who wrote (34344)	7/8/1999 8:03:00 PM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Desparation--Remember the old saying,"He who sells what isn't hisun must buy it back or go to prison." The short sellers on the Yahoo thread engage in very frank and vigorous arguements until something like this happens. Then they are never heard from again. But there is always a new one to take his place. What was it that P.T.Barnum said so cynically. JohnG