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  2. From: flip@cgrg.ohio-state.edu (Flip Phillips)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.racing
  4. Subject: Re: Let's dump UCI
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan21.164332.10717@cgrg.ohio-state.edu>
  6. Date: 21 Jan 93 16:43:32 GMT
  7. References: <1993Jan14.235647.10485@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> <3450026@hplred.HPL.HP.COM> <1993Jan17.103501.22574@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
  8. Organization: OSU Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design
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  11. In article <1993Jan17.103501.22574@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> les@cs.stanford.edu writes:
  12. [...]
  13. >rationalizations, I suggest that Jobst simply state that he prefers to
  14. >identify the International Cycling Union as "UCI," in which case he
  15.  
  16. So, hummm, let's see here, are we going to start refering to the Tour de France
  17. as the "Tour of France" and equally, "The Turn of Spain", and of course the
  18. ever popular "Spin of Italy". I'd bet there are a few acronym-generating
  19. net-writers that wouldn't be too happy with this.
  20.  
  21. -- flip
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  25. Flip Phillips                    flip@cgrg.ohio-state.edu
  26. The Ohio State University               Asso porco Diabolus gaudet
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