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Subject: Joseph's burden?
Author: Pavlos   (guest, 212.251.72.135)
Date: September 28, 2001 at 3:04:49 AM
Reply to: name??? by Doug
RTFM and give some more background info (eg. ethnic origin etc) to work on, 'cause there are many "Massas" to chooses from. For example, Massa means:

"lump, piece" in Latin
"a burden" in Hebrew
"great" in a native American dialect (hence, Massachusetts, "great hills")

QED

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