Carsten Dominik spake unto us the following wisdom:
>> org-clock-find-position (6.07b again) displays unexpected behavior
>> when it encounters a clock line preceding a bulleted list.
>> Specifically, when a :CLOCK: drawer is created, the drawer encompasses
>> the first list item.  E.g.:
[snip]
> The reason for this behavior is that Org sometimes records a note when  
> the clock is stopped in an item.  That note is formatted like an item  
> and attached directly to the CLOCK line.  When a drawer is created, this 
> note should go into the drawer.
>
> A work-around would be to leave an empty line before your list, like so:

That is imminently reasonable ... thanks.  :-)

Ethan

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