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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!hersch
  2. Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
  3. Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 16:29:10 EST
  4. From: <HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
  5. Message-ID: <92366.162910HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
  6. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  7. Subject: Re: Latin America
  8. References:  <1992Dec31.175208.12658@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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  11. In article <1992Dec31.175208.12658@samba.oit.unc.edu>, rck@med.unc.edu (Ronald
  12. C. Knight) says:
  13. >
  14. >However, I don't even feel comfortable with definition (2),
  15. >which includes Haiti and the former French Guiana ....
  16.  
  17. In what sense is it the *former* French Guiana? Has something
  18. happened to the map of South America that I didn't notice because
  19. of all the changes happening in Europe? Is this no longer a
  20. *departement* of France?
  21.  
  22. H.
  23.  
  24. Herschel Browne
  25. "The" American University
  26.