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   From: HenHanna@NewsGrouper   
      
   leflynn  posted:   
      
   > Recently Games Magazine had a Wild Card entry where the goal was to find   
   > the longest chain of US States where the last letter of an entry in the   
   > chain had to be the same as the first letter of the next entry.   
   >   
   > Here are three more challenging problems.   
   > 1. Find the longest chain using the two-letter US Post office codes for   
   > the 50 states.   
   > 2. Same as 1. but add the postal codes for the District of Columbia and   
   >         the five US Territories for a total of 56 two-letter codes.   
   > 3. Same as 2. but add the postal codes for the three Possessions.   
   >   
   > https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-are-the-USPS-abbreviations   
   for-U-S-states-and-territories   
   >   
   > L. Flynn   
      
      
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           I'd like to know the answres  to these questions, esp.   
   the first TWO.   
      
      
        the five (5) US Territories ======  (I only knew 2 of these)   
      
      
        the three (3)  US  Possessions ======  (I didn't know any of these)   
      
      
   ___________   
      
   Neither the Marshall Islands nor the "Truck islands" (more accurately, Truk   
   Islands, now known as Chuuk) are U.S. territories today.   
      
   -- Marshall Islands: Not a U.S. territory, but do host major U.S. military   
   bases under international agreement.   
      
   -- Truk/Chuuk Islands: Not a U.S. territory and do not currently host U.S.   
   military bases.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)