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To: Raymond Clutts who wrote (1202)8/2/1999 10:18:00 AM
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>>The community as a whole doesn't listen patiently to critics who adopt alternative viewpoints. Although the great lesson of history is that knowledge develops through the conflict of viewpoints. -Walter Gilbert<<
wordsmith.org
A Word A Day seems apropos of the Beta today, which might well be named:

>>hydra (HIGH-druh) noun; Hydra

1. The many-headed monster that was slain by Hercules.

2. A constellation in the equatorial region of the southern sky near Cancer, Libra, and Centaurus. Also called Snake.

3. A persistent or multifaceted problem that cannot be eradicated by a single effort.
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