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<TD>Thu 10/26/06 12:17 AM Barry Popik (<A href="mailto:Bapopik@AOL.COM) quoted">Bapopik@AOL.COM) quoted</A> the OED:</TD></TR>
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<TD><PRE>
" 1972  Observer (Colour Suppl.) 28 May 28/1 Last year in California alone, border patrols turned back
27,000 wetbacks (the contemptuous name derives from their practice of swimming
the Rio Grande to reach the US). "

Could someone please explain how one can get from Mexico to California by swimming the the Rio Grande?</PRE><PRE>      - Jim Landau</PRE><PRE> </PRE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR> <BR><HR>Netscape.  Just the Net You Need.</DIV>

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