On Tue, 3 Aug 2004 17:48:20 -0000, Jim wrote in message 
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> Arnt Karlsen said:
> 
> > On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 16:08:52 +0200, Boris wrote in message 
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > 
> > > A "short" message for Arnt !
> > 
> > ..Winston Churchill had a great way of having bureaucrats trim 
> > their language; it had to be readable without glasses, from across 
> > the room, on one sheet of paper, nailed to the wall.  ;-)
> > 
> 
> Hmmm...do you have a reference for that?

..plenty of indirect ref's, the likely primary sources are Quiet. ;-)
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=%22Winston+Churchill%22++%22on+one+side+of+one+sheet+of+paper%2C+how%22++%22is+preparing+for+war.%22

.."nailed to the wall" may be urban legend, though.  ;-)

-- 
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.



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