Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.50.0212092124200.25086-100000@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: nicely
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 21:24:29 -0500 (EST)
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