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World Service,27 Mar 1997,13 mins

Sixes and Sevens

On Your Behalf

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Presenter Malcolm Billings finds the answers to: What is the origin of term "sixes and sevens"? Why do Australians call British people "poms"? Why do meteors from Mars hint at life in solar systems?

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