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Subject: Re: Lies.. Damn Lies & Statistics!

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 22:52:21 01/12/05

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On January 13, 2005 at 01:35:54, Stephen A. Boak wrote:

>On January 12, 2005 at 21:01:57, chandler yergin wrote:
>
>1. >Sorry! Idiotic Nonsense!
>2. >I thought you had some sense...
>3. >I reverse my position!
>
>1. Tautological or tantological?
>2. I'm sorry to admit that, for once, you are 100 percent correct.  Dann did
>lack sense in trying to tutor you.
>3. The good news is that you are *somewhat* tractable.

WRONG!
Main Entry: trac·ta·ble
Pronunciation: 'trak-t&-b&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin tractabilis, from tractare to handle, treat
Date: 1502
1 : capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : DOCILE <a tractable
horse>
2 : easily handled, managed, or wrought : MALLEABLE
synonym see OBEDIENT
- trac·ta·bil·i·ty /"trak-t&-'bi-l&-tE/ noun
- trac·ta·ble·ness /'trak-t&-b&l-n&s/ noun
- trac·ta·bly /-blE/ adverb

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I am  "Intractable"
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