[14960] in APO-L
Statement from Lexis-Nexus
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (EDK@LASPAU.MHS.HARVARD.EDU)
Tue Sep 17 13:50:19 1996
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 13:40:41 -0500
Reply-To: EDK@LASPAU.MHS.HARVARD.EDU
From: EDK@LASPAU.MHS.HARVARD.EDU
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
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(http://www.lexis.com/):
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