To: general_re
I hate to contradict anybody criticizing one of our vaunted major "news media", but in fact Reuters is using the word "metal" properly in this context. Astronomers use the word "metal" when in context of stars as meaning all elements other than hydrogen and helium.
9 posted on
10/30/2002 1:11:38 PM PST by
AFPhys
To: AFPhys
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