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To: kahunabear who wrote (23775)	10/29/1998 8:22:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

<The original estimate for this quarter was about an 8-cent loss. That was bumped to 25 cents, then into the 40s and, most recently, was adjusted to a 57-cent loss. Well, because the company lost less than expected, it gets to "beat" the number. Even the New York Times missed this, saying that there was an improvement because it was less of a loss. What they forgot to say was that it was relative to most recent expectations. > And this my friends is my this stock is bullet proof!