Thank you, Chris. The dictionary definition I quoted is deficient. Saturday, November 6, 2004, 10:16:53 AM, Chris Bruce wrote: CB> The term 'third world' originally was coined with reference to to the CB> 'non-aligned' nations (the 'first world' being the CB> 'pluralistic-democratic' nations and the 'second world' referring to CB> the 'communist' nations). -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html