In the future "baseless", always an ugly term embodying a dubious pun, will need explanation. It will be as helpful as a description of a modern automobile as "crankless". To find a better term I have appointed myself to run a contest. The prize for the best suggested term, the one about which a consensus emerges, is a book of the winner's choice, its cost not to exceed US$50|£40|€32.
John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA
