Wow, nice variety of different results.... My version was: 

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It seems to indicate there is some kind of glitch with my implementation. Maybe it's time to upgrade. Thanks for your inputs.

In reply to Re^2: Strange Logic in Power of arithmetic by stephanm
in thread Strange Logic in Power of arithmetic by stephanm

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