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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: BEM
Message-ID: <2288@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 10-Aug-84 08:30:35 EDT
Article-I.D.: dartvax.2288
Posted: Fri Aug 10 08:30:35 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 14-Aug-84 01:01:09 EDT
Organization: Dartmouth College
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{ It's the creature that ate the lines... }

They had a character named Bem?  Was he, in fact, a BEM (Bug-Eyed Monster)?

I think some scriptwriter is trying to be cute...
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                                                 Peter Merchant