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- From: Sten M. Drescher <smd@hrt216.brooks.af.mil>
- Subject: Re: From the Commonwealth to 53rd State
- In-Reply-To: ckp2n@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU's message of 23 Dec 92 20: 39:29 GMT
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 17:48:19 GMT
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- On 23 Dec 92 20:39:29 GMT, ckp2n@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Christina Powell) said:
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- Christina> wright@tsunami.cs.odu.edu writes:
- > In article <phone.724965258@coombs> phone@coombs.anu.edu.au (matthew green) writes:
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- > avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed) writes:
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- > >So when does Australia become the 53rd state ?
- >
- > Become ? Isn't Australia already part of the oh, so amazing United
- > States of America ?
- >
- > You can join the United States' Manifest Destiny if you wish, but there is
- > only _one_ Commonwealth in the US and that is VIRGINIA.
- >
- Christina> Um, I think Massachussetts is also a commonwealth. I could be
- Christina> wrong, but I doubt it. :)
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- I know that Pennsylvania is a commonwealth, so that takes care
- of the four 'states' that are actually commonwealths.
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