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From: dik@cwi.nl (Dik T. Winter)
Subject: Re: Friday 13th, try it yourself (was Language Wars..)
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In article <32462521.76DD@godin.on.ca> randy@godin.on.ca writes:
 > The additional 4000-year rule is described in Guy Ottewell's
 > "The Astronomical Companion", 1979, Furman University, Greenville,
 > SC, USA, Telephone (803) 294-2208.

That it is described there does not make it a rule.  It has been a
proposal by the American Astronomical Society, but it *never*
made it to a rule (although some older editions of the Encyclopedia
Brittanica mention it as a rule).
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