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From: robison@eosp1.UUCP (Tobias D. Robison)
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Subject: Re: Murphy's Laws (Chisolm's laws?)
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Date: Tue, 6-Nov-84 08:14:33 EST
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A progress report on Murphy:  Numerous people have sent me similar
stories indicating that Murphy was a real person who said of a
specific individual, something like "if there's a way to do it wrong,
he'll find it."  Apparently Murphy has been interviewed in a
magazine within the last five years.  Can anyone help me with
a reference?  Following the suggestion of:

	eosp1!{allegra, seismo}!rochester!stuart (Stu Friedberg)

I will be looking in the Guide to Periodical Literature, last 1-5 yrs,
especially 2-3 years ago, perhaps Time or Newsweek, or (another
suggestion) an Engineering magazine.

If people's recollections are accurate, I expect to find that Murphy
predates Chisolm by about four years.  Then again...

(For those who missed my previous posting, Francis Chisolm wrote a piece
between 1958 and 1961, reprinted in "A Stress Analysis of a Strapless
Evening Gown",  that makes it sound as if he is the discoverer of most
of "Murphy's laws".  I am trying to trace the origins of Murphy.)

  - Toby Robison
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