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Re: It's in "Fairfax"!

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From: Paul Robinson
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 07:13
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Matthew T. Russotto (russotto@eng.umd.edu) wrote:
: In article <3161kvINNfti@oasys.dt.navy.mil> note@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ken Waugh) writes:
: }    Since we are nit picking here, Virginia is not a state but a Commonwealth.
: }Pennsylvania is also a Commonwealth- any others out there and how is
: }their food? :-)

: I think there's four excluding Puerto Rico, but all but Puerto Rico are
: states-- the US Constitution does not recognize a distinction.

There might be an argument there.  The Constitution refers to Rhode Island 
as "Providence Plantation" in referring to the number of representatives 
it is allowed to have.


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Subject: Re: It's in "Fairfax"!
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