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Thanks, that did the job. I didn't know about \csname, I'll have to go read up on it.

I have a slightly advanced, and mostly pedagogical, question about using variables to define new commands in Latex.

Suppose I define a new command
\newcommand{\abbreviate}[2]{ #2 (#1)}

In the text, \abbreviate{USSR}{Union of Soviet Socialist Republics} will appear as "Union of Soviet Socialist ...