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Sorry about the delay in replying.
I've been travelling.
Thanks for the answer - that was the
one I had in mind.
-- Regards Jonathan Lewis http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/seminar.html Public Appearances - schedule updated Jan 21st 2005 "tobias" <tobias_at_thisisnotarealemailaddress.com> wrote in message news:tobias-655926.18014625012005_at_shawnews.gv.shawcable.net...Received on Fri Jan 28 2005 - 16:19:19 CST
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> We trained hard . . . but it seemed that every time we were beginning to
> form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life
> that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful
> method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing
> confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
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> Petronius Arbiter, 210 B.C
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> However it can not really be attributed to him
> ... see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronius_Arbiter and many other
> sources.