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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Some observations on this whole mess.
Message-ID: <6932@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 11 Nov 89 11:26:58 GMT
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In article <1989Nov11.024604.12230@alembic.acs.com> csu@alembic.acs.com (Dave Mack) writes:
> "Not an equivalent group"? In what sense?

An equivalent group would have the same name and charter, but in rec instead
of sci. There was active opposition to the names "aquarium", "aquariums", and
so on. Or didn't you notice *that* little offshoot of this debate? When you're
experimenting, it makes no sense to change too many variables at once if you
can help it.
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