Cof L49 "Contracts flee thee yet"

[rich]

why is it just Dept of Defense whereas other agencies like the US Dept
of Education have that US appendage

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> p. 83 Yoyodyne, Yoyodyne,
>         Contracts flee thee yet.
>         DOD has shafted thee,
>         Out of spite, I'll bet.
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> DOD became DODefense in 1948, when the name was changed from D of War.
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> The Companion to Lot 49 reminds that Yoyodyne had more contracts
> than it could handle in "V."
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> So, wonders if TRP "forgot" that with these song lyrics.
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> I want to suggest two ways that seems not right.
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> 1) Maybe since the war and now into the mid-sixties, contracts
> have diminished?
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> 2) These kind of corporate cheers are often exaggerations of a company's
> real achievements and goals....if Yoyodyne was gulping and devouring
> a whole lot of contracts, all the more reason the company song would joke
> about the ones that get away. Notice in TRPs phrasing, the notion that
> some still get away could be implied.
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