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To: Boplicity who wrote (24129)	12/11/2000 3:28:51 PM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Yeah, but that's what they were arguing about in their briefs and before the Court. It's a quagmire. Gore started it by saying he wants all those votes where people (morons) didn't punch anything but circled his name. So, why shouldn't Bush get votes where people punched both by accident and circled his? What's good for the goose is good for the gander. It could go on forever. That's why the Supremes should blow their whistle and announce, "Game over."

To: Boplicity who wrote (24129)	12/11/2000 3:48:40 PM
From: Venkie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

wow With super-regional telcos BellSouth (BLS: -1.06, 42.44), SBC Communications (SBC: -0.62, 51.06) and Verizon (VZ: +0.12, 56.31) -- which spun off from AT&T as a result of its government-ordered breakup in 1984 -- boasting higher market caps than their estranged parent, the thinking is that one of them might make a bid for Ma Bell. That said, AT&T's $62 billion debt would make a daunting, possibly indigestible, mouthful, said sources quoted by the Journal. Meanwhile, AT&T is in the process of selling about $25 billion in assets with a view to lessening its debt load. It also plans to raise cash through an initial public offering of its broadband division. Up and down