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  1. Newsgroups: alt.quotations
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!news.den.mmc.com!whitmeye
  3. From: whitmeye@den.mmc.com (Richard Whitmeyer)
  4. Subject: Re: Simple one
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec23.021703.29933@den.mmc.com>
  6. Originator: whitmeye@surf
  7. Sender: whitmeye@den.mmc.com (Richard Whitmeyer 865-8497)
  8. Nntp-Posting-Host: surf
  9. Organization: Martin Marietta Astronautics
  10. References:  <schwartz.725040572@cunews>
  11. Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 02:17:03 GMT
  12. Lines: 11
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  15. In article <schwartz.725040572@cunews>, schwartz@alfred.carleton.ca (Saul Schwartz) writes:
  16. |> Does anyone know the quotation to the effect that explanations should
  17. |> be made as simple as possible but no simpler?
  18. |> 
  19.  
  20. ...like a womans skirt, long enough to cover the subject, but
  21. short enough to keep the interest.
  22.  
  23. Senior English teacher, High school, his source unknown.
  24. Rich Whitmeyer
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