Re: Question for Today

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

        So far you've gotten an "I don't know" from every respondent.
                                        Regards,
                                                Jack
> On 14 Mar 2001, at 7:56, Paul O. Johnson wrote:
>
> > I beg the members' pardon for raising a non-physics issue, but my wife says
> > I'm going crazy worrying about this and I don't remember any instance when a
> > question on any subject got nothing but "I don't know" from all members of
> > the list.
> >
> > The question for today is, When and why did the catastrophic cattle disease
> > hoof-and-mouth become foot-and-mouth? I'm sure the Associated Press is
> > behind the switch because all radio and TV news reports use the new name,
> > but I'm derned if I know why. Someone please set my mind at ease.
> >
> > Paul O. Johnson
> > The Science Place
> > Dallas, Texas

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