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John P. Dyson
dyson at indiana.edu
Thu Aug 17 12:16:36 PDT 2006
Daphne Drewello wrote that
Michael Hart wrote
> Gestapo = Home State Police, not Secret State Police.
>
While "heim" is the word for home, "geheim" means secret,
probably originally meaning something that would be done in private,
but not in public.
List members are reminded that the Geheimlich maneuver should wherever
possible be done in private and with the lights off.
John Dyson
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