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From: iwm@icdoc.UUCP (Ian Moor)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: Decline and fall of the StarWars Empire
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Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 18:56:30 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 15 18:56:30 1985
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In article <3140@topaz.ARPA> feather@isi-vaxa writes:
>The sad decline of the capabilities of the 
>empire stormtroopers 
>must surely be due to the same ecological disaster
>that lead to the decline and fall of the Roman
>Empire, namely lead plumbing (only here it
>was not only the leaders, but also the troops).

Surely it is more likely that the plastic armour
gives off a low level of solvent causing brain damage

-- 
Ian W Moor
                                   The squire on the hippopotamus is equal
 Department of Computing           to the sons of the other two squires.
 Imperial College.
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 London SW7 Uk.