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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 
⊃April 15, 1977 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Charles Petit
␈↓ ↓H␈↓San Francisco Chronicle
␈↓ ↓H␈↓901 Mission Street
␈↓ ↓H␈↓San Francisco, California 94119

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Mr. Petit:

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an␈α
example␈α
of␈α
the␈α∞execution␈α
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the␈α
news␈α
program.␈α
 I␈α∞saw␈α
the␈α
500␈α
in␈α
the␈α
≡rst␈α∞story␈α
and
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remembered␈α
seeing␈α
the␈α
8000.␈α
 A␈α
search␈α
with␈α
the␈α
key␈α
DROUGHT*WELL*CALIFORNIA
␈↓ ↓H␈↓of the ≡rst two weeks found the second item.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science