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From: deb@uiucuxc.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Salutations in a letter - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 9-Oct-83 21:58:30 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct  9 21:58:30 1983
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uiucuxc!deb    Oct  9 08:21:00 1983

i have taken to writing all business letters in 'memo' form, i.e.

	TO:  Name/Title of Receiver
	     Address of Receiver

	FROM: My name/title/address

	RE:  subject of corresondence

this eliminates any salutory mention of gender, AND allows me to use
the first name of the receiver, thus making the corresondence a touch
more personal.

also, in formal writing, i often use	(s)he   to indicate "he or she"
it gets the point across and is not cumbersome to the sentence.