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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Acronyms.  Is is `1 MIP' or `1 MIPS'?
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Date: 28 Jun 90 15:57:28 GMT
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In article <ZSA4--B@xds8.ferranti.com> jeffd@ficc.ferranti.com (Jeff Daiell) writes:
> The Declaration of Independence uses "united States of America".
> However, as they were the *only* States in the Americas at the time,
> perhaps you should say, "the several States", as the Federal
> Constitution does.  Or "the States of the Union".

Things were much simpler back home in the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
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