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From: rajeev@sfsup.UUCP (S.Rajeev)
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: When does an Acronym become a Word?
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Date: Fri, 14-Mar-86 23:51:51 EST
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> In article <1172@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
> > ...
>
 >I will note that the Economist tends to print all acronyms with only the
>first letter capitalized....

(or words to that effect).

Excuse me, are we talking about the same "Economist"? I have my latest 
issue with me, and they sure have capitalized all of NASA, GATT, OPEC and
every other acronym I could find...