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> klgore@mailinator.com wrote in news:1130249107.590870.299650
> @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
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> The whole "joke", in context, is even worse, so I'm quite happy to oblige
> you by posting Larry Evans's entire sexist statement:
>
> "YES, NO, MAYBE
>
> "Everyone knows there is a vast difference between tournament play and
> match play. If a sponsor coughs up $2 million, a title match could happen
> next year -- otherwise Kramnik will be left out in the cold (which seems to
> suit Kasparov).
>
> "All this wrangling reminds me of an old joke about the difference between
> a diplomat and a lady: If a diplomat says "yes" it means maybe. If a
> diplomat says "maybe" it means no. If a diplomat says "no" he's no
> diplomat. If a lady says "no" it means maybe. If a lady says "maybe" it
> means yes. If a lady says "yes" she's no lady." - GM Larry Evans
>
> What a wonderful, classy guy.