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YOUR PROBLEM IS SIMPLE


From: Willis H. Ware <Willis_Ware () rand org>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 94 11:42:18 PST


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Steve:


The problem is spelling.


One doesn't know where the spelling went astray but the word is
omphalos which means [Greek] the "navel".  Omphaloskepsis means
[literally] to contemplate the navel, hence self-contemplation,
especially if turned inwardly, deep thought far removed from the real
world.


Don't hold me to Greek grammar; you get the idea.


                                                    willis



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