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Lyle_Seaman@transarc.com

17 Dec 2003 17 Dec '03
11:17 p.m.

rishab@dxm.ernet.in writes:

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Reminds me of the hilarious "How to lie with statistics". What 1000 Americans? The sort who read Time magazine? These are probably much more likely to be against Clipper anyway. Any Joe 6-packs? Probably not. ... It's not a good idea to take this debate to the ordinary public. The Congress, yes, Time readers, yes, but not Joe 6-pack, who quite happily gave up his gun is not likely to be concerned about principles of privacy. Particularly as an open

_Time_ readers *are* Joe 6-pack. Or close enough as makes no difference. Maybe _People_ or _USA Today_ readers are a better approximation, but the circulation of _Time_ is so large that 80% of it is enough to derail any political campaign. Lyle Transarc 707 Grant Street 412 338 4474 The Gulf Tower Pittsburgh 15219 "Gossip is what makes the world go round. I have very few secrets. I would be deeply concerned if a device were marketed that could stop interception..." Emma Nicholson, MP.

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