If he did not have government machinery behind him, would JdV even be a poor second?
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Either FVR is not held in esteem by the people or JdV is simply a political reject who is lucky to be a poor second.
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John Bortle, a retired firefighter in upstate New York who has observed more than 180 comets and is considered a leading comet authority, said last week that " I would not be the least bit surprised that this ( Hyakutake ) will be the spectacle to see, and Hale-Bopp will be a poor second ."