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To: DeuceTraveler
Isn't Missouri the "Show Me" state?
12 posted on 04/13/2004 4:45:58 AM PDT by rapture-me
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To: rapture-me

Yes, the "show me" state.

Missouri
“Show Me State” A name attributed to Representative Willard Van Diver. It conotates a certain self-deprecating stubbornness and devotion to simple common sense.
source: State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer

16 posted on 04/13/2004 4:56:30 AM PDT by risk
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