An oddity in list comparison and element assignment

[Aahz]

In article <1hg9onn.p25evr18a09f9N%aleax at mac.com>,
Alex Martelli <aleax at mac.com> wrote:
>
>Just to share some tidbits (about which, as an Italian now living
>between San Francisco and San Jose, I'm sort of proud of...!-)...:
>
>Bank of America is a private bank, founded in San Francisco more than
>100 years ago by an Italian-American guy (Amadeo Giannini, born in San
>Jose, CA, but to Italian-born parents) as "Bank of Italy", then renamed
>in 1930 in part because the Italian State bank "Banca d'Italia"
>objected.  It rose to prominence right after the SF earthquake of 100
>years ago, by opening and staffing a temporary branch to ensure
>depositors could access their money when they most needed it, while most
>other banks were staying closed.

Except, of course, that BofA doesn't exist anymore.  Oh, the *name*
does, but what's now called BofA is simply the current name of the bank
that acquired BofA.
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