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From: VITA@GMUVAX.BITNET (Volunteers in Technical Assistance) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.devel-l Message-ID: Date: 9 Jul 93 15:27:00 GMT Sender: Technology Transfer in International Development Reply-To: Volunteers in Technical Assistance

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