<P>Wojtek (a colleague sitting next to me, here at the University of Wales, is from Gdansk and has JUST claimed you as "real" a Pole:-)...)</P>
<P>Your point about New York: I think New York City is indeed the cynosure of the USA and at the same time probably the most non-USA place in the country. Hence you have creatures like John Rocker and Pat Buchanan not knowing how to deal with it it is no longer AMErican, the OTHERS have appropriated it.</P>
<P>Ismail</P>
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