EAST IS WEST

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Dec. 6, 1992 12 AM PT

James M. Caraher’s letter (Nov. 8) questioning why Japan’s location is referred to as the Far East seems to assume that Los Angeles is the center of the universe. The coordinates of our planet have as a reference longitude Greenwich, England, and it is from that location that east and west are measured.

SEAN F. HOLLAND

Los Angeles

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EAST IS WEST

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