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I think there is something amiss in these "quotes" from Tucker. I did not
miss any AMU meetings in the 1980s or 1990s until after his death in 1995.
I do not think Tucker was at any AMU meeting in the 1990s. If he had made
such a statement "from the podium" I am quite sure I would remember it.
dick petit
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From: "Kurt Auffenberg" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: Rarities
> We all make statements we regret later on.
>
> Kurt
>
> Leslie Allen wrote:
>
>>Hi Harry
>>It was 1990'ish at AMU in So. Cal., and of course aimed at Dr. Ed Petuch.
>>Although I was not in attendance either, I have heard it from numerous
>>sources
>>who were over the year, and the lines have probably become a bit of urban
>>ledged over the years... Including a lecture a couple weeks back by Dr.
>>Emilio
>>Garcia. (who just so happened to use both of the quotes).
>>
>>Leslie
>>
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>>Dear Leslie,
>>I never heard the quotation you cite below. I admit my attendance has
>>been far from perfect at AMU/AMS meetings, however.
>>
>>Can you, or anyone else, give us a better fix on the context and time
>>of this utterance? It seems uncharacteristic of Tucker although he
>>was a conservative taxonomist.
>>
>>Harry
>>
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