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No, he didn't put it that way, he put it that he wasn't considering anything except a merger. That was--
[laughter]. Does Mr. Temple have a fragile ego? In some ways?
It was a large ego; I'm not sure “fragile” would be the word. As a matter of fact, I can't imagine using the word “fragile” about Arthur Temple.
God [laughter].
I mean, he's a hulk of a man.
Alright.
Go ahead, well, then--yes. Then the housing business fell apart, and the export of pulp and paper fell apart. So they came upon relatively bad times--still, those things happen. Now, of course, it's all back and doing extremely well. I know, I still own some shares.
Inland was the next step. I'm trying to remember the dates on Inland--
Inland was--
'76 or something like that?
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