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comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware rec.motorcycles
sci.med talk.politics.misc
comp.sys.mac.hardware rec.sport.baseball
sci.space talk.religion.misc
There are a number of files under each newsgroup folder; each file contains an individual
message posting:
> ls rec.sport.hockey
52550 52580 52610 52640 53468 53550 53580 53610 53640 53670
53700 53731 53761 53791
...
We can take a look at a part of one of these messages to see the format:
> head -20 rec.sport.hockey/52550
From: dchhabra@stpl.ists.ca (Deepak Chhabra)
Subject: Superstars and attendance (was Teemu Selanne, was
+/- leaders)
Nntp-Posting-Host: stpl.ists.ca
Organization: Solar Terresterial Physics Laboratory, ISTS
Distribution: na
Lines: 115
Dean J. Falcione (posting from jrmst+8@pitt.edu) writes:
[I wrote:]
>>When the Pens got Mario, granted there was big publicity,
etc, etc,
>>and interest was immediately generated. Gretzky did the
same thing for LA.
>>However, imnsho, neither team would have seen a marked
improvement in
>>attendance if the team record did not improve. In the
year before Lemieux
>>came, Pittsburgh finished with 38 points. Following his
arrival, the Pens
>>finished with 53, 76, 72, 81, 87, 72, 88, and 87 points,
