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To: John Carragher who wrote (69017)	9/10/2004 6:42:14 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793751

It's not a ball typewriter. That's a red herring. The ball typewriters (IBM Selectric) don't do proportional spacing. There are typewriters that did - IBM Executive. But they did not do kerning. Neither did the IBM Composer, which was an expensive heavy typesetting machine. It did proportional spacing but not kerning, as my old boss told me on the phone last night. He's not a Bush supporter. He said the only machines that kerned back then were typesetting machines like Varitype and Linotype.

To: John Carragher who wrote (69017)	9/10/2004 7:07:18 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 793751

Hopefully no one is booked to fly on US Airways in the near future: Report: US Airways may file for bankruptcy by Sunday Sources told The New York Times that US Airways will probably file for bankruptcy protection on Sunday unless its unions agree to concessions. US Airways CEO David G. Bronner said yesterday Chapter 11 was more likely than liquidation if the airline does file for bankruptcy, though liquidation remains a possibility. Analysts say the carrier's odds of emerging from a second bankruptcy are slim. The New York Times (free registration) (9/10), The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) (9/10)