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Why do we keep getting unsubscribe requests to this list
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address--please read on. Thanks--D
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ACK NOREPRO" command, LISTSERV will mail you a short
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--
Douglas S. Oliver
Department of Anthropology
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
e-mail: douglaso@citrus.ucr.edu
or: dsoliver@earthlink.net