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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Re: What to know & universal icons
Keywords: Universal Icon
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Date: 30 Aug 89 06:18:05 GMT
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In article <56868@aerospace.AERO.ORG> lubofsky@aero.UUCP (Nick Lubofsky) writes:
>Wouldn't all people recognize this?
>
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Ah! I will go with this, better than rain drops (which tend to rare in Arctic
and arid regions), the sun and Moon (in jungle regions), etc.
>Wouldn't that be a universal icon?
		    ^^^^^^^^^
What do you mean we EARTHman? 8)

Another gross generalization from

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