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00500	                     COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
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00700	                         STANFORD UNIVERSITY
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00900	                     Stanford, California 94305
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01400	                          11 February, 1973
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02000	Dr. Peter Lykos	
02100	Office of Computing Activities	
02200	National Science Foundation	
02300	Washington, D.C. 20550 	
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02500	Dear Dr. Lykos:	
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02700		Enclosed is a preliminary copy of our proposal  for  research
02800	aimed  at  home terminals.  This is not the official submission which
02900	is on its way through the appropriate Stanford offices and which will
03000	reach the Foundation in a week or so.  As you see, the ccst has crept
03100	up, mainly because of a more accurate estimate of  the  hardware  and
03200	programming required to do a good job.
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03400		How do you like the printing job done by our new  Xerox  line
03500	printer?   Perhaps  it  is  also  subject  to  the  remark made about
03600	ballpoint pens that it makes many good copies and no original.   They
03700	say  the random specks will go away soon, and the margins will become
03800	more reasonable.
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04000		I will telephone shortly to see if you have  any  preliminary
04100	reactions to the proposal.  It is easy to change.
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04400						Sincerely yours,	
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04800						John McCarthy	
04900						Professor of Computer Science	
05000						Director, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory