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Dorothy J Heydt  
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 More options Aug 3 2012, 2:26 pm
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From: djhe...@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 18:26:36 GMT
Local: Fri, Aug 3 2012 2:26 pm
Subject: Re: YASID: Cambride, Mars
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In article <a82ikeFj...@mid.individual.net>,
Ted Nolan <tednolan> <tednolan> wrote:

>In article <jvh3gr$c2...@reader1.panix.com>,
>Joseph Nebus <nebu...@-rpi-.edu> wrote:
>>In <jvh11r$om...@dont-email.me> Lawrence Watt-Evans <l...@sff.net> writes:

>>>On 2012-08-03 07:57:10 -0400, Dirk van den Boom said:

>>>>  From someone in a German newsgroup, looking for a short story he only
>>>> vaguely remembers. It takes place on Mars and involved is a Cambridge
>>>> university which directly continues the tradition of the two Cambridge
>>>> universities in Britain and the US.

>>>> Rings any bells?

>>>There's no Cambridge University in the U.S., and if you mean Harvard,
>>>that's not affiliated with Cambridge University, and it's not the only
>>>university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

>>>That said, no, it rings no bells; sorry.

>>        I've got no ideas about the original story.  I'm curious if there
>>are any recollections about when the story was read, or when it might have
>>originally appeared.  

>>        I did note that a recent episode of _The Simpsons Which Is Still
>>Going On, Apparently_ mentioned in the future a ``Miami of Ohio of Pluto'',
>>which tickled me as my Dearly Beloved went to Miami of Ohio where, at least
>>among those which school spirit [1], they're still upset about having to
>>call themselves that since Ohio's Miami was first.  

>Tell it to USC.

I'm missing something here.  What's the tertium quid?

(Or to translate, what do Miami of Ohio, Miami FL, and USC have
in common?)

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Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at gmail dot com
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