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Ubiquitous

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May 30, 2001, 5:51:42 PM5/30/01
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In article <20010517041844...@ng-mq1.aol.com>,
anim...@aol.comNOSPAM wrote...

>According to the WB site, 14 years earlier a meteor shower came to earth,
>bringing clark and killing lots of smallvillians, including his secret love
>Lana Langs parents (she's Chinese, apparently the producers thought the name
>land sounded Asiatic)

The word is "Oriental". Sheesh!

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R. Tang

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May 30, 2001, 6:30:15 PM5/30/01
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In article <9f3q1d$7ne$5...@news.utelfla.com>,

Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>In article <20010517041844...@ng-mq1.aol.com>,
>anim...@aol.comNOSPAM wrote...
>
>>According to the WB site, 14 years earlier a meteor shower came to earth,
>>bringing clark and killing lots of smallvillians, including his secret love
>>Lana Langs parents (she's Chinese, apparently the producers thought the name
>>land sounded Asiatic)
>
>The word is "Oriental". Sheesh!

"Lang" is Turkish/Middle Eastern/Persian/etc.?

Gee. I did not know that.
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