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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:58:00 EST
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- From: Blue eyes cryin' in the rain <TRAVEN@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Questions
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- >On Tue, 29 Dec 1992 21:20:00 EST Blue eyes cryin' in the rain said:
- >> But there's no question that a chewed wintergreen Lifesaver emits a
- >> small flash of light. In a fabled All Things Considered report, Susan
- >> Stamberg and Ira Flatow locked themselves in a closet at NPR to
- >> demonstrate the phenomenon.
-
- > uuuhhhhhh....neal....did you see this for yourself??? did the flashes
- >show up on the speaker, or the dial light? of where?
-
- Ah, the power of radio... Just as a good play-by-play man's
- description of a ballgame is more satisfying and more interesting than
- a game on TV. I was just discussing such issues...
-
- You see, Susan had heard about this phenomenon ('triboluminescence'
- according to Tony), but didn't really believe it. Ira dragged her
- into that closet to prove it to her. Susan's squeal of delight at
- observing the flash was so obviously <sincere> that I just *know* she
- actually saw it. Susan is such a fine reporter and woman of integrity
- that she would *never* participate in a rigged story or a cover-up.
-
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- "You're only young once, but you can be immature forever."
- -- Larry Andersen, relief pitcher
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