[Newspoetry] newspoetry contest

[Bill Wendling]

A leap year falls on a year divisible by 4 but not divisible by 100
unless it's divisible by 400.

So, no, the 29th is the last day.

Also sprach blanchard benjamin l:
} 
} Is Feb. 28th the last day of the month this year or not?
} 
} On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Joe Futrelle wrote:
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} > Dear Newspoets,
} > 
} >      What an incredible weekend it's been.  I'm now fully two weeks
} > ahead of schedule.  That means that I'm just one day shy of having
} > newspoems lined up for the rest of February.
} > 
} >      Now if you're anything like me, you're thinking, "how can I get
} > *my* poem into that last coveted spot in the first February of the new
} > millenium?"  Well it's this simple.  Enter the "Newspoetry Last Poem in
} > February 2000 Sweepstakes"!
} > 
} >      It couldn't be simpler to enter.  Just send a Newspoetry
} > proof-of-download (HTTP headers are fine, or just the HTML for the
} > homepage) along with a poem explaining how Newspoetry is important to
} > you and to America, in an email message with your address in the
} > Reply-to header field, and you could be selected to win!  If you win,
} > your poem will be published on February 28th, 2000 and you'll receive
} > a framed printout of it, autographed by Newspoetry founder William K
} > Gillespie!
} > 
} > 
} > No purchase necessary.  Poets may  be required to send a blood sample.
} > May cause dizziness,  drowsiness, dizziness, repetitiveness, shortness
} > of bread,  corns, shingles,  rickets, scabies, mumps,  measles, and/or
} > scurvy.   Void in  Argentina.  Less  additives does  not mean  a safer
} > contest.  Pregnant women  should not come within three  city blocks of
} > this contest.  You have never, are  not, and never will be required to
} > purchase any magazines for any reason.  All submitted poems become the
} > sole  property  of Ted  Turner.   (Note:  this  depends on  what  your
} > definition of "is" is).
} > 
} > -- The Newspoetry Group of Companies
} > 
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} > 
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