On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 07:28:02 GMT, you wrote:
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>>what is the purpose of fitting people into a bureacratic mold ?
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>>Boggles the mind....
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>>Dr. Stan Borkowski
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>Power and Control is probably the answer.
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>But you prompt me to ask for help on something which has been bugging me for
>days. There is a paradox or principle or something or other which goes by
>the name of a typically historical Greek (but none of the obvious ones I
>seem to recall) which is about chopping people's legs shorter in order to
>fit them into a bed which is too short instead of lengthening the bed. Can
>anyone help me out and put a name to it. It will relieve my aching brain.
>
Ah ! you mean Procrustes !
>TIA
>
>Graham
>
>
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