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Subject:Re: Speaking of Improper Terminology From:Buck and Tilly Buchanan <writer -at- WF -dot- NET> Date:Thu, 18 Sep 1997 14:34:20 -0500
Sort of like when Compuserve decided to filter all *bad* words from email.
One of the words they eliminated was *breast*. They forgot that *breast
cancer* and its cure are of interest to all of us.
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Sent from a very busy extra bedroom in our house,
sometimes also called InterAmerican Publications.
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Buck and Tilly Buchanan
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