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chain letters

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chain letters
at height in 1930s, craze crippled postal service. [Am. Hist.: Sann, 97–104]
See : Fads


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An original and popular addition to any school or community library picturebook collection, Chain Letter is very highly recommended--especially for all young readers who might one day encounter one of these seemingly endless chain letters.
STEP 8: Don't forward chain letters, petitions or virus warnings from sources you don't trust.
The hoax is essentially a variant on the chain letter, one of the original abuses of e-mail The harm in hoaxes and chain letters is nominally that they take up storage space and waste users' time, but the more serious damage is that they erode the vigilance and good practices of those who receive them.
 
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