Date:    Tue, 28 Apr 1998 12:25:49 -0400
<br>From:    Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]YALE.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: United Nations (an Americanism!)
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<br>Here is a more precise citation for the use of _United Nations_ in a 1918
<br>book.  Note also that the 1918 book even uses the abbreviation _U.N._!
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<br>United Nations (OED 1942)
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<br>1918 Raleigh C. Minor _A Republic of Natons_ 27  For the sake of
<br>convenience of discussion, arbitrary terms have been used in designating
<br>the union [a federal league of nations proposed by Minor], the compact,
<br>and the officials supposed to act under it.  Thus the union is spoken of
<br>as "The United Nations."
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<br>U.N. (OED 1946)
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<br>1918 Raleigh C. Minor _A Republic of Nations_ 257  U. N. Constitution.
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