In a message dated 12/17/99 1:48:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:

<< If they do that, they may then be open to liability for having thought
 rather than providing a standard response. >>

I once quit a job because the "Director of Research"  said to me, "We cannot
do that.  It has never been done before."  The above statement is from the
same school.

Steve Stokowski
Stone Products Consultants
http://members.aol.com/crushstone/petro.htm