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From: iltzu@sci.fi (Ilmari Karonen)

On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:10:44 -0400, Douglas G Braswell :
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A small diddle - looks nicer in many fonts:

                __________________________________________dgb/itz

Hmm..
Maybe it could be diddled a bit more.. Make it into, say, a sunset.


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