
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 23, 1992                   TAG: 9203240446
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A8   EDITION: METRO 
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BRIEFLY PUT

FLORIDA officials, trying to write an anti-nudity law, are considering a 328-word definition of "buttocks." One proposal goes: "The area at the rear of the human body which lies between two imaginary lines running parallel to the ground when a person is standing, the first or top of such line between one-half inch below the top of the vertical cleavage of the nates . . . and the second or bottom line being one-half inch above the lowest point of the curvature of the fleshy protuberance sometimes referred to as the gluteal fold . . . "

Whew! Maybe gobbledygook poses a danger greater than skimpy swim suits. In the interest of brevity, the officials should consult Webster's New World Dictionary, which refers rather simply to "the rump."

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