Date:    Thu, 7 May 1998 09:55:28 -0700
<br>From:    Yongwei Gao <951208[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FUDAN.EDU.CN>
<br>Subject: cod fax
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<br>Has anybody there ever come up with a definition for  cod fax :
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<br>cod fax        When the same editor was exposed forging a letter and a
<br>signature on stolen writing-paper, the Guardian treated that as a joke
<br>too. It was not a forgery, it was a  cod fax . (The Spectator 7/26/97
<br>p24)   The crime is euphemistically described as  a cod fax , a
<br> stratagem , a  ruse  and a  formula . (98/2 Atlantic Monthly p79)
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<br>Many thanks.
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<br>Yongwei Gao
<br>Fudan University,
<br>Shanghai, China
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