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Tim wrote:

>The list has only 5% of the content it had in its glory years, 1992-95.
>And perhaps only 10% of its content in its declining years, 1996-98. 
>It's now at about half the level of its senile years, 1999-2000. This 
>past year has been the worst.
>There are many reasons for this decline, discussed as early as 1994.
>Any newbies who think this list is now interesting or exciting has my 
>sympathy.

Bah. One can regret having missed the glory days while still feeling like
there's a good handful of people worth coming back for. Maybe the upcoming
legislation will have the same effect as Clipper and cause the list to reach
critical mass again.

~F.



***
The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedoms.
- --William O. Douglas, Associate Justice, US Supreme Court

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