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>Joel writes:
>>one must remember that Ph.D. degrees are not necessrily handed out to the
>>most intelligent of our species. more often, they are conferred upon those
>>who are the most tenacious and obnozious of spirit and manner
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>I DISAGREE Joel, you are completely WRONG!!!
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>First one sniggling little point, according to the UMass Dartmouth Department
>of Redundancy Department:  Ph.D. degrees is a redundant statement.
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>Second. J.D. degrees (redundant) or Law Degrees for the uninitiated are
>given ONLY to the most "tenacious and obnoxious of spirit and manner"
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>Please correct this impression on any further discussion of the point!
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>Very truly yours.
>Ric Golen
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>Partner in the Dewey Cheatham Law Firm, formerly of Hungadunga, Hungadunga,
>Hungadunga and McCormack
>
I always thought Ph.D. stands for Doctor of Philosophy (in latin, of
course) and J.D. stands for Juris Doctor (this one is latin, or so I'm
told). 

Joachim
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