Michael Lewis: On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 10:07:01 +1000, is alleged to have written: [snip] .... (Sometimes government >agencies, which generally operate under tighter rules than the >private sector, have an internal candidate "pre-selected".) > I'd be inclined to make that "Sometimes" "Often" unless somehow= things have magically changed. It's like the Treasury Regulations: there= for the ritual, not for the effect. -Peter G. Martin, Technical writer, Proxima Technology ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************