In response to my own thread (http://groups.google.ca/group/comp.soft-
sys.sas/browse_thread/thread/bb16cc848bfde4ce/aefecb4dbdd1f55f?
lnk=gst&q=Remove+the+%22and%22#aefecb4dbdd1f55f)

List member Howard kindly asked that I provide more details about my
question.  I can do more than that because the mystery has been
solved.

The answer came from the SUGI paper "Anyone can Learn Proc Tabulate"
which discussed the _PAGE_ variable and Three dimensional proc tabs.
(http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww2.sas.com%2Fproceedings
%2Fsugi27%2Fp060-27.pdf&ei=FzSCSdf_OYT8NPrM5dQD&usg=AFQjCNHbAxhRG4V4MrFupQH lvpaXWgi-
dA&sig2=jD4nS6WXzhRpDzuxxm6FwQ).

In a Three dimensional Proc Tabs, if you don't supply labels for the
Page dimension, it will simply print out their values.  See this
following example which prints the values for "origin" and "make" on
the top left .

PROC TABULATE DATA=sashelp.cars noseps;
CLASS make type origin drivetrain;
table origin = ' ' * make = ' ',
type = ' ' , drivetrain = ' ' ;
RUN;

Now if we add a label (e.g. origin = 'Origin is equal to ') then SAS
puts an "and" between origin and make.

PROC TABULATE DATA=sashelp.cars noseps;
CLASS make type origin drivetrain;
table origin = 'origin is equal to = ' * make = 'make is equal to =
',
type = ' ' , drivetrain = ' ' ;
RUN;

In the top left you should see " origin is equal to = USA
                       and make is equal to = Saturn"

My original question was if the "and" could be removed.  I still don't
know the answer, but I sure learned a lot about Proc Tabulate.