Ann Arbor & Re: "It was a dark and stormy night" (1930; 1965 "pup fiction")

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Make that "1830."
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_Ann Arbor, Michigan - Wikipedia, the free  encyclopedia_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan)       
A person from Ann Arbor is called an "Ann  Arborite." The city itself is 
often called A² ("A-squared") or A2  ("A two"), and less commonly Tree Town (or, 
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<NOBR>A personAnn Arbor is called an  "Ann Arborite." The city itself is 
often called A² ("A-squared") or  A2 ("A two"), and less commonly Tree Town (or, 
usually _tongue-in-cheek_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue-in-cheek) ,  The 
People's Republic of Ann Arbor).  Recently, some youth have taken to calling 
Ann Arbor Ace  Deuce or simply The  Deuce.

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_Salt Lake City lodging_ 
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.skiing.alpine.moderated/browse_thread/thread/8aa8630995637979/11a6c44f3dcace26?lnk=st&q="a+squa
red"+"ann+arbor"&rnum=10&hl=en#11a6c44f3dcace26)   
I statyed at  one of these in Ann Arbor MI last summer, and I didn't care 
much  for
the place. ... Only "open" water in A-squared is the  Urine, er, um, Huron 
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_rec.skiing.alpine.moderated_ 
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.skiing.alpine.moderated?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Dec 24 2003, 1:10 am by Walt - 15 messages - 8 
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_Ann Arbor_ 
(http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cosuard/browse_thread/thread/e4e032b190c377e1/4880f9f698380546?lnk=st&q="a+squared"+"ann+arbor"&rnum=74&hl=e
n#4880f9f698380546)    
Hi John, Glad to see you're in A-squared. ... I plan to  get a Masters before 
I'm done.
I anticipate moving back down to Ann  Arbor possibly, but one never knows eh? 
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_alt.cosuard_ (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.cosuard?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - 
Mar 3  1990, 4:55 pm by Rick Quendun - 1 message - 1 author 
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_Regional Snobbery_ 
(http://groups.google.com/group/net.flame/browse_thread/thread/a7dfa5396a3641ff/d3efbdd5361be912?lnk=st&q=a2+"ann+arbor"&rnum=202&hl=en#
d3efbdd5361be912)   
... No matter  how I pine for Ann Arbor (not DiTROYT) I must own up to the 
fact  that
I ... Any decision can't be based on how nice A2 was two  years ago - what 
would it ...   
_net.flame_ (http://groups.google.com/group/net.flame?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - Sep 29 
 1983, 9:44 am by Thomas G. Dennehy - 4 messages - 4 authors 

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