Date:    Wed, 1 Apr 1998 10:42:41 -0500
<br>From:    Mark Mandel  Mark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DRAGONSYS.COM 
<br>Subject: boycotting
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<br>Barry Popik writes:
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<br>PERSONAL
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<br>     I have vowed never never never never to purchase any product that AOL hawks
<br> on those stupid, ubiquitous ads.
<br>Today AOL hawked a product by Dragon Systems.
<br>     I will be off the internet from Sunday, April 5th to Tuesday, April 20th.
<br>I'm going to Syria & Jordan, where I'll see Damascus, Amman, Aleppo, Ugarit
<br>(home of the first alphabet), Palmyra, Dura Europos (where ROTAS/SATOR squares
<br> were found), Mari, Jerash, Petra
<br>(the rose-colored city), and Ebla (where I'll be researching the linguistic
<br> origins of Connie Eble).
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<br>Jeez, Barry, don't be so rough!
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<br>And have a good trip!
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<br>                  Mark A. Mandel, Senior Linguist
<br>             Dragon Systems, Inc. : speech recognition
<br>      +1 617 965-5200 : 320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02160, USA
<br>         dragon[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]dragonsys.com : http://www.dragonsys.com/
<br>          Personal home page: http://world.std.com/~mam/
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