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1. WORDS ... wordsmith Sayings such as: Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. -Oliver Wendell Holmes To subscribe or unsubscribe, please send a message to wsmith@wordsmith.org with "Subject:" line as "subscribe " or "unsubscribe". Email anu@wordsmith.org if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. Archives, FAQ, words and more at the WWW site: http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/

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2. GAMES ... NetPlay http://www.NetPlay.com Game Developers ... Receive royalties on advertising revenue Games must be family-oriented and non-violent; Games must be easy to learn (less than 5 minutes); Games must be quick playing (less than 30 minutes); Games must support 4 or more players in real-time interaction; Games must be written for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 using a client/server architecture; Games must be adapted to the NetPlay Game SDK (Available Early '97) For more information contact: Howard Grannick, VP of Sales `

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3. PLASMA and Solar Research Date: Tue, 7 Jan 97 From: editor@solar.stanford.edu (Shadia Habbal) Subject: SolarNews Received from poland@sohops.gsfc.nasa.gov, 9 Dec 1996, Art Poland We wish to call your attention to a new program announcement: NSF 97-39 NSF/DOE PARTNERSHIP IN BASIC PLASMA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING The full anouncement is accessible electronically through the NSF web page at: http://www.nsf.gov (Info and Pubs). DEADLINES: Abstract - February 28, 1997 Proposal - March 21, 1997 The announcement is on the web, under - http://www.nsf.gov/nsf/nsfpubs/nsf9739.htm (questions to) the program assistant in physics dealing with this program - Program Assistant Theory: Kim Humphries Program Assistant AMO: Cynthia Jackson Fax: 703-306-0566

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4. PEOPLE-FINDERS (Jason Borja) i. http://www.xpressinfo.com/peoplefinder ii. http://www.acs.supernet.net/people/enter.htm iii. [ http://www.neoucom.edu/people.htm ] not yet validated iv. http://pages.prodigy.com/mikep/search.htm

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5. BODY BUILDING AND DRUG USE (Matthew Svihovec) URL's on steroids: www.wel.com/user/woa/fsroids.htm www.magna.com.au/~deth/steroids/how.html www.winternet.com/~publish/steroids.htm freeway.net/~zero/anabolic.htm#prop Re keywords, use "steroids" "anabolic steroids" and "bodybuilding".

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6. LIMERICKS Suggestion for Word.A.Day theme, Things are seldom what they would seem, NOISOME, I'd propose, Not of ear, but of nose, A kind of olfactory nerve scream. -Dr. Chris Papa -- This week's theme, "Things Are Seldom What They Seem," was suggested by Christopher M. Papa, MD. Dr. Papa also pens delightful limericks using words featured in AWAD, and sends them to people on his list at apollohollow@msn.com. For this week, I've included his limericks right here. As you can see, his email correspondence also runs in limericks though I wonder about his prescriptions... -Anu