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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (621916)	9/10/2004 6:32:08 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 769670

Rep. Pat Toomey: John Kerry’s Campaign Rhetoric Ignores His Own Record HARRISBURG, PA – U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey (R-PA) today issued the following statement regarding John Kerry’s campaign travel to Pennsylvania: “John Kerry talks a lot about lowering the cost of health care, but his record doesn’t show a lot of action. Kerry opposed medical liability reform that would curb frivolous lawsuits costing Americans as much as $108 billion each year and work to keep doctor’s practicing in Pennsylvania – now classified as a ‘crisis’ state by the American Medical Association. “John Kerry also talks about growing the economy, but Pennsylvanians know his plans for higher taxes and increased government spending would kill job growth and slow economic expansion. "Pennsylvania voters are losing patience with John Kerry’s flailing attacks on an economy that has created 1.7 million jobs over 12 straight months of expansion, 107,000 new manufacturing jobs in the past seven months, and more than 36,000 new jobs in Pennsylvania since last July. “The economy continues to grow and prove that President Bush’s tax cuts are working. Pennsylvania voters trust President Bush and are going to support his clear agenda for a safer world and a more hopeful America.”

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (621916)	9/10/2004 7:30:08 PM
From: tonto	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Kenneth...................pay attention and stay on topic. In the early 1970s Lexitron and Vydec introduced pioneering word-processing systems with CRT screen editing, but the real breakthrough occurred in 1976 with the introduction of a CRT-based system by Wang Laboratories. This was a true office machine, affordable by organizations such as medium-sized law firms. It was easily learned and operated by secretarial staff. The Wang word processor displayed text two-dimensionally on a CRT screen, and incorporated virtually every fundamental characteristic of word processors as we know them today. The phrase "word processor" rapidly came to refer to CRT-based machines similar to Wang's. Numerous machines of this kind emerged, typically marketed by traditional office equipment companies such as IBM, Lanier, CPT, and NBI. These all, of course, were specialized, dedicated, proprietary systems. Cheap general-purpose computers were still the domain of hobbyists. With the rise of personal computers, software-based word processors running on general-purpose commodity hardware gradually displaced dedicated word processors, and the term came to refer to software rather than hardware. Early word-processing software was ludicrously clumsy in comparison to dedicated word processors; for example, it required users to memorize semi-mnemonic key combinations rather than pressing keys labelled "copy" or "bold." The cost differences were compelling, however, and personal computers and word processing software soon became serious competition for the dedicated machines. The Wang and Lanier word processors were available at that time.