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To: purecntry5 who wrote (6207)	12/5/1997 12:51:00 PM
From: Steve Robinett	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

Cowboy, We should start a contest to find a brokerage house that does NOT recomment AOL. This frenzy of buy recommendations, in the face of AOL's fundamentals and prospects, seems to me downright irresponsible. On the other hand, brokerages are notorious for after-the-fact recommendations. Once they're all bullish, what's left? Best, Steve

To: purecntry5 who wrote (6207)	12/5/1997 12:58:00 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

Where were they when it was @ 22? Here's another "announcement": biz.yahoo.com Back in my younger days I used to manage a bookstore/newsstand. Getting enough copies of Business Week was near impossible, as they sold their advertisers a very exclusive set of demographics and didn't want to encourage the great unwashed to buy their magazine and dilute their image. How things change....

To: purecntry5 who wrote (6207)	12/5/1997 1:03:00 PM
From: Keith O'Neill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13594

I think the plan is to keep AOL afloat for the next 4 weeks until past Jan 1. That way when the institutions sell they won't have to pay Uncle Sam for another year. They have huge capital gains therefore have a huge incentive to inflate this stock a little longer. You've heard of tax selling? This is the reverse.