----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- I believe it was President Truman who uttered the phrase. I've also heard (perhaps from Dave Colander but I can't be certain) that Truman was absolutely flabbergasted when he was in fact introduced to a one-armed economist (Paul Douglas???) Sorry I don't have references. Brian Eggleston Augustana College ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]