From: Sarasvati (root@unicode.org)
Date: Fri Oct 04 2002 - 13:05:56 EDT
Dear Unicadets:
It has been a long time since I have sent one of these
messages, so please keep a copy for future reference. This
is a copy of the message that goes out to new subscribers.
-- Sarasvati
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Rev 2002/04/23.
Sarasvati
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