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Here is Dennis Wint's rebuttal to the article:

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/ 
20080801_Letters__Taking_Exception.html

Clifford Wagner
www.scienceinteractives.com

On Jul 29, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Paul Orselli wrote:

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> The Philadelphia Inquirer just published a biting article and  
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