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RE: Please, a dictionary of acronyms

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Subject: RE: Please, a dictionary of acronyms
From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:17:21 -0500
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Dann Pigdon wrote: 


> The term 'Big Bang' was originally coined by opponents of the theory to be 
> deliberately derogative. 



By Fred Hoyle, I believe.  The same guy who also derided _Archaeopteryx_ as a 
forgery. 


Cheers 

Tim
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References:
- Please, a dictionary of acronyms
  - From: Allen Hazen <allenph@unimelb.edu.au>
- Please, a dictionary of acronyms
  - From: Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>
- RE: Please, a dictionary of acronyms
  - From: Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>

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