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                FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
          October 1994 Issue
          
              Things That Drive Me Crazy:
          
          As your Editor, I guess that I should let you know a couple of
          the things that drive me crazy.
          When you submit a paper that you hope will be published.
          Please only you submit the paper. Don't have two or three or
          four of your friends also submit it. And when they enclose a
          letter to tell me what a good paper it is and what a good
          writer you are, I really get my back up and your paper
          usually ends up on the bottom of my "IN BASKET" instead of
          on the top of my "OUT BASKET" to be mailed to the
          publisher. Also don't write to me and tell me that Grand
          Master or Past Grand Master So and So, asked you to write
          your submission. Honestly, this does not impress me. I'll
          decide if it is good enough to get published. That's what an
          Editor does, and that's what they pay me the big bucks for.
          We have available for print about 120 pages a year, or
          space for 144,000 words, even less space when we have
          pictures [and we want pictures]. So if you send me a
          manuscript that is 29 pages long, chances are very good
          that it will also end up on the bottom of my "IN BASKET."
          I do not believe in censorship, but I do believe in good taste.
          We will not print any articles or letters that are abusive,
          scurrilous or libelous. We will print those articles and letters
          which we think will be on interest to our readers. If some one
          takes exception to anything that we print, we will be happy
          to print any article or letter giving the opposite viewpoint.
          We believe in the marketplace of ideas and we will try to
          promote discussion. We don't want to be really offensive to
          anyone BUT we will never stop printing material simply
          because it might cause some controversy.
          
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