My son is a lawyer and writes case law summaries for Lexis-Nexis. He ran across this item in one of the court cases that he was reviewing. I am forwarding it on to the list in hopes that some of you will get a kick out of it as well. --Harley D. Brown The Smiths were proud of their family tradition. Their ancestors had come to America on the Mayflower and the family included Senators and Wall Street wizards. The family decided to compile a family history, a legacy for their children and grandchildren. So the family hired a fine author to put together all their research notes, only one problem arose - how to handle great Uncle George, who was executed in the electric chair. The author said not to worry for he could handle the story tactfully so the book appeared and it said... " Great Uncle George occupied a chair of applied electronics at an important government institution. He was attached to his position by the strongest of ties, and his death came as a great shock."