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001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19
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1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2$************************* 19 NOV 90 **************************************
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3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator
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4$**************************************************************************
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5@GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6@ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7@BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately
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8@owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general
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9@public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the
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10@system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all
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11@messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the
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12@system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data
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13@can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out
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14@the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering
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15@the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to
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16@replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up.
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17@Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18@**************************************************************************
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19@
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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 11/18/90 00:59 Msg:5669 Call:32126 Lines:6
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20 And while the great and wise decay,
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21 And all their trophies pass away,
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22 Some sudden thought, some careless rhyme,
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23 Still floats above the wrecks of time.
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24 - William E.H. Lecky
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25 ************************************************************************
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003=Usr:13 voyeur 11/18/90 02:57 Msg:5670 Call:32127 Lines:1
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26 ::::::O O:::::11/19/90::::::::::::voyeur:::::::::::::::02:10:44:::::::O O::::::
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004=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/19/90 14:36 Msg:5673 Call:32146 Lines:38
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27 &*&*&*&*'s
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28 Well, looks like somebody needs to get this disk roling. To bad I missed
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29 being at the top.
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30
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31 I guess I'll fill space with twin peaks musings. First, Its a great show.
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32 They've had some bad episodes, but only two that I can remember. Not
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33 bad, as that means they have managed to be atleast good in 14 out of 16
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34 hours (The two season premiers were two hours each.)
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35
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36 Now, You all may have noticed that the ratings have been droping. Heres
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37 some thoughts as to why this is happening.
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38
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39 1. The show is to bloody complex for most people. I've seen many posts
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40 in alt.tv.twin-peaks flaming the show, that later turned out to be silly
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41 because people just didn't understand what was going on.
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42
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43 2. It isn't like anything else on TV. People have come to expect certain
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44 things. For the most part, these things never come to pass. This drives
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45 many people nuts. They don't like it when things don't go by the rules
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46 that they understand. Makes them feel stupid, and TV has long been in the
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47 business of making everyone feel like a genius.
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48
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49 3. It isn't a happy show. The characters are not perfect, and very bad
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50 things happen to them. After Maddys death, I wasn't at all happy with
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51 the show. I still don't like the fact that it happened, but I'm
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52 begining to get an idea of where things are going, and it all fits in
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53 rather well. I'd say that Donna is going to have some interesting times
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54 soon.
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55
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56 That covers most of my ideas as to reasons. It makes me laugh everytime
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57 I see a critic put down twin peaks. They are obviosly missing about
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58 half of what is going on. Oh, I'm not sure anybody under then age of
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59 16 should be allowed to see this show. Of course, chances are they wouldn't
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60 understand most of it anyway.
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61
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62 An Astral Dreamer (You can't understand the show if you ain't read the diary)
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63 &*&*&*&*'s
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64
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005=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/20/90 10:16 Msg:5675 Call:32163 Lines:24
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65@**********************
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66@
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67@Interesting developments on Ballot Measure 5, huh???
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68@
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69@I was looking for a number in the phone book and just happened to turn to the
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70@Ms, and the Mor's more specifically, and the word MORFORD came to mind, so
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71@I looked I see there's a Mark Morford there, he's a lawyer and noticed he
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72@was with Stoel Rives Boley .... This morning I was wondering who all these
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73@lawyers on the school board are and find that Stephen Griffith is with the
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74@same law firm. I thought that was real interesting.
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75@
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76@Philip Morford is the one, you remember, who got the last minute, MIDNIGHT,
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77@reprieve that enabled him to destroy houses in NW Portland before the
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78@neighborhood could do anything about it ... the one that wants to "gentrify"
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79@NW Portland.
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80@
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81@Well there's a Gerald Morford in the Personnel Dept. who is reputed to keep
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82@a second, secret, negative file on employees in a dept. called EMPLOYEE
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83@RELATIONS. He often acts as an "impartial" hearings officer at employee
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84@grievance hearings ... I've heard he likes to humiliate victims by asking
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85@trick questions. But that's only a rumor.
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86@
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87@***********************
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88@
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006=Usr:417 Chemo Sabe 11/21/90 11:44 Msg:5676 Call:32185 Lines:9
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89 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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90
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91 Why in the world are there THREE west side board members (of a total of
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92 seven) when there are only two west side high schools (used to be THREE)
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93 and thereby two CLUSTER areas, when there are SEVEN high schools on
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94 the east side (FIVE cluster areas). Two board members live in NW Portland.
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95
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96 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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97
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007=Usr:322 Stray Cat 11/21/90 13:30 Msg:5678 Call:32188 Lines:48
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98@}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}
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99@
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100@THE ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY
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101@
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102@In that country the animals
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103@have the faces of people:
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104@
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105@the ceremonial
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106@cats possessing the streets
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107@
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108@the fox run
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109@politely to earth, the huntsmen
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110@standing around him, fixed
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111@in their tapestry of manners
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112@
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113@the bull, embroidered
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114@with blood and given
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115@an elegant death, trumpets, his name
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116@stamped on him, heraldic brand
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117@because
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118@
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119@(when he rolled
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120@on the sand, sword in his heart, the teeth
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121@in his blue mouth were human)
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122@
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123@he really is a man
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124@
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125@even the wolves, holding resonant
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126@conversations in their
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127@forests thickened with legend.
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128@
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129@ In this country the animals
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130@ have the faces of animals.
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131@
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132@ Their eyes
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133@ flash once in the headlights
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134@ and are gone.
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135@
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136@ Their deaths are not elegant.
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137@
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138@ The have the faces of
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139@ no-one.
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140@
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141@ By Margaret Atwood
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142@ From ANIMALS IN THAT COUNTRY
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143@
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144@Sorry, no time to proof!!
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145@
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008=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 11/22/90 13:30 Msg:5681 Call:32208 Lines:35
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146 *%)@#*%#(_)(!$)#@(%_(*@#$%*@_)$%(@#_)%(@#_%$@#%(*@#%^*_@*#%_@*%*@(%@%(@(@%@%@
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147 AD: I agree with your thoughts on why TP in slipping in the ratings. Just like
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148 the education system, the government, the news papers, and and endless stream
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149 of crap we are subjected to, *everything* is geared towards the average
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150 citizen, which of course doesn't exist. But the people really affected by
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151 this targeting of material are those farthest away from the Norm. Smart kids
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152 and slow kids suffer in school. Everyone suffers because politicians are too
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153 busy playing politics, people get their news from television talking-head
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154 news readers, and Twin Peaks falls in the ratings because the majority of
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155 people would rather watch safe television like Cosby or Head of the Class
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156 or Wheel of Fortune. It's Ok for people to watch stuff like that, but what
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157 I object to is the constant weight of the so-called average majority stifling
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158 creative projects like Twin Peaks. TP makes people think, makes people sad,
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159 makes people mad, and makes people wonder. Another thing the show uses is
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160 this strange technique used a great deal in some books and some movies, but
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161 seen once a decade on television : symbolism. Things represent concepts,
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162 ideas, or objects that go beyond simple identification. One must think
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163 when one watches TP as to what one is *really* seeing. What does the
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164 traffic light mean? What impending doom do the swaying trees and the howling
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165 wind signify? What do the dreams mean, above and beyond the obvious? All
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166 of these extras make the show that much more enjoyable, and that much more
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167 difficult to sit back with a can of beer and figure out. So The Legendary
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168 Neilsen Families are probably going to kill another unique show because
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169 they are all stuck in the mediocrity of the least common denominator
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170 syndrome that is running rampant in this country.
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171
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172 Twin Peaks is just another symbol of what is wrong, and its eventual
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173 death will b another blow against intellectualism and irony and another
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174 victory for Average-ness.
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175
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176 %*(#@*%_@#(%_)($!_)%(!%()!_%() L'homme sans Parity *%$!@*%$_)(!_)$(!_)(!)$(!_)
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179 Uh uh, and Star Trek The New Generation is metaphor for the United
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180 States losing the race for space.
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009=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/23/90 10:35 Msg:5686 Call:32232 Lines:21
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181 &*&*&*&*'s
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182 I'm not sure that I understand the uh uh message. (BTW, I agree with you
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183 L'homme.)
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184
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185 Was the person who left the uh uh message trying to say that symbolism and
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186 intelectualism are meerly delusions that some people suffer from? I would
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187 point out to this person that Lynch has I believe said in the past that
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188 he puts symbolism into his stories on purpose. There are many in Twin Peaks.
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189 The Street Light, the Log, BOB and MIKE, The Plastic, The letters under
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190 the nails of BOBS victoms, nadines eye patch etc.
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191
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192 What many of them mean is still open to speculation. But they are there, and
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193 we are constantly taunted with clues as to were they fit in the puzzle.
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194
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195 It is a defense of the intelectually lazy to put down the icons of those
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196 that they feel threatened by. No surprise there I suppose. The human
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197 race has shown itself to be a woefull kludge.
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198
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199 An Astral Dreamer
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200 &*&*&*&*'s
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201
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010=Usr:165 Bart Simpson 11/25/90 17:41 Msg:5691 Call:32254 Lines:61
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202 696969696969
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203 The Tree Is Your Friend by Bob Fried
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204
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205 Just in case you are thinking of taking a 6-fn8
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206 oot Standard Widespread Ficus for a
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207 ride some evening in your Chevy Celebrity sedan, I want you to know that it CAN
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208 be done -- not that I would recommend it. In fact, if you often notice a desir
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209 to take your leafy friends for a spin, I'd recommend therapy.
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210
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211 Nevertheless, I drove such a tree from Cambridge to Amherst, New Hampshire one
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212 night recently. It was a "fake" tree, so I wasn't really worried about it
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213 messing up the interior of my impeccable automobile, and you shouldn't worry
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214 either.
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215
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216 What is the first thing you do with a fake tree when you get it home? If you're
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217 smart, you give it to your spouse and let her (or him, should you be one of
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218 those who prefers a male spouse) worry about it. Being smart, I presented the
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219 tree to my spouse.
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220
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221 "There it is," said I. "Enjoy it, Carolyn -- your very own fake ficus."
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222 Carolyn found that the first thing to enjoy about a fake ficus is the task of
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223 making it look "at home" in your home. You see, when they ship fake trees,
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224 they're not too careful about arranging the twigs and leaves attractively. So,
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225 that job is up to you. It is not a simple matter to bend the twigs in a way
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226 that would convince an expert that Mother Nature herself placed the ficus next
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227 to the TV set. Which is why it's a good idea to let your spouse worry about it
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228
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229 While Carolyn was busy wrestling with the tree, I removed the diamond-shaped ta
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230 and started reading it:
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231
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232 Hello
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233 My name is
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234 #773
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235
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236 Yes, there is something eerie about standing in your own living room and readin
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237 a note from a tree that moments earlier shared a 50-mile car ride with you.
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238
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239 The note continued:
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240 I am fade resistant and waterproof, so
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241 use me indoors or out. I require very
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242 little maintenance. For years of
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243 enjoyment, simply remove material
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244 covering cement. Place me under a
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245 gentle shower of warm water. Be sure
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246 to pour off excess water in pot.
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247 Then shake me gently, and allow
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248 2 to 3 hours to dry. Replace covering
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249 material. Your plant (me) is ready
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250 for an encore.
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251
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252 It is not entirely clear to me what the tree does for an encore, and I will try
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253 to avoid finding out. But I'll let you know if this ficus does anything other
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254 than stand attractively next to the TV. If you don't hear from me, you can
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255 assume that it's OK to get one for your own spouse. I'll even be happy to tell
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256 you where.
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257 ------------------------------
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258 This is Number 176 in a series of articles designed to explain the world to
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259 those who plan to live there and to visitors alike.
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260 ------------------------------
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261 696969696969696969
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262
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011=Usr:417 Chemo Sabe 11/26/90 14:31 Msg:5693 Call:32268 Lines:20
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263 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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264
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265 CHARACTERS FOUND AND LOST, from UNIVERSAL MYTHS by A. Eliot, w/intros by
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266 M. Eliade/J. Campbell
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267
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268 How did man first learn to read and write? It is possible that ibis (crane)
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269 tracks in the mud inspired the cuneiform clay printings of Babylonian scribes.
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270 Who knows?
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271
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272 The ancient Egyptians maintained that their god Thoth, who had the head of
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273 an ibis, taught them how to write. Thoth boasted to the other celestial
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274 dieties of his gift, whereupon they giggled rudely. The sun god Ra asked
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275 what Thoth's purpose had been. "Why," croaked the ibis-headed one, "to
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276 help men remember things." Ra roared with laughter. "You," he said,
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277 pointing at Thoth, "have given human beings the means to forget every-
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278 thing they know. They won't need to remember anymore. They'll simply note
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279 things down, like idiots, without a thought or care."
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280
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281 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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012=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 11/26/90 17:55 Msg:5694 Call:32270 Lines:12
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283 *@*(@#%(@%(%(@_)%^_)()#(%#%)@#(_)(%#(_)@(_)($_*%_)%^*@#)*_)$(@#_%()%*@%@%%(_@%
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284 AD: I suspect the uh uh was in the BW spirit of a one-line gotcha, or in this
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285 case a two liner. Just when someone tries to say something serious, there is
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286 always someone else there to remind him or her that, no, sorry, seriousness is
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287 not allowed here.
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288
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289 Perhaps someone should do a TP symbolism list, or in unix terms:
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290
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291 The Canonical Twin Peaks Symbol Registry
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293 *_#@%(%(@_)%(@_)%*@#%@#%) L'homme sans Parity *%_@*%_)(*^_)@#*_(@#($_@#%*_(%@
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294
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013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/27/90 07:29 Msg:5695 Call:32278 Lines:9
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295 &*&*&*&*'s
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296 Ah, I suppose that is possible. I do tend to get stuffy on occasion. Still,
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297 this countries obsession with the shallow and easily understood does get on
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298 my nerves on occasion. Sigh, I suppose to one extent or another its like this
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299 everywhere.
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300
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301 An Astral Dreamer
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302 &*&*&*&*'s
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303
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014=Usr:165 Bart Simpson 11/27/90 18:37 Msg:5697 Call:32284 Lines:21
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304 696969696969
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305 From: MIKE BAMBERG
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306 To: ALL
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307 Subj: ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE
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308 I have for sale the best !Project! for the environmentally oriented tinkerer.
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309 An Electric powered vehicle!!! This is a volkwagon bug based kit car called
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310 the Bradley GT which has been converted to an electric propulsion system. The
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311 conversion is based on a kit provided by a man named Kaylor in CA. It uses a
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312 17 HP 400Amp generator/starter as the drive motor. I have a cascaded relay
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313 switching system to provide the power to the system. I've had this project for
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314 about 10 years and have really lost interest in it. I've spent about $3500 on
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315 it and there is still work to be done. If you have any experience in Fiberglas
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316 and electronics this would be an exciting toy to complete. The finished
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317 vehicle will go for about an hour at 35-45 MPH and would be great for a commute
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318 of about 10 miles, with only moderate hills. If you have any interest, or know
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319 of someone who might, give me a call and let's talk. I'd like to see someone
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320 complete it. It would be a neat, inexpensive car for trips to the store and
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321 such. My numbers are Home:(530)640-xxxx and Work:(503)227-xxxx.
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323 696969696969696969
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324
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015=Usr:442 Michael George 11/28/90 22:46 Msg:5699 Call:32303 Lines:49
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325 >>>Song Lyrics by Michael George of Those Who Say-
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326
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327 LUCKY MAN
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329 There in his chair sits the Lucky Man
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330 His famous paintings and marbled floors
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331 are filled with the hopes of his innocence
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332 Down empty hallways and corridors.
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333
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334 See the stranger on the shore
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335 across the room and through the door
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336 to have it all and still want more...
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337
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338 For everything that's come and gone
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339 the life you struggled for and won
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340 'til everything is said and done...
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341
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342
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343 To win the game you have to score
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344 Sell to the rich and mock the poor
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345 The accusations kill the store...
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346
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347 For promises you give and take
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348 Decisions that you've failed to make
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349 Could this have been your big mistake...
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350
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351 Up with a start wakes the Lucky Man
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352 He wakes from nightmares and prays for dawn,
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353 Collecting his thoughts he lays back again
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354 His troubled dreaming still goes on.
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355
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356 Feel the wind and raindrops pour.
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357 You fear the chant and lion's roar
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358 You've heard a thousand times before...
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359
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360 The dreams and visions that you face,
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361 floating alone through time and space
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362 something inside you can't erase..
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363
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364 For everything that's come and gone
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365 the life you struggled for and won
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366 'til everything is said and done.....
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367
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368 -copyright 1990 tws
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369
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370 What do you think of it?
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371 We Play only original music that you can dance to.
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372 Check us out sometime. We play often in the Portland area
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373 "Those Who Say"
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016=Usr:186 Wesley Smith 11/29/90 21:07 Msg:5703 Call:32318 Lines:1
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374 I really like that set of lyrics, I think they are very good. I would like to
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017=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 11/30/90 00:23 Msg:5704 Call:32320 Lines:5
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375 &*&*&*&*'s
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376 Checking in Testing, Testing. One Two Three.
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378 An Astral Dreamer
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379 &*&*&*&*'s
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018=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 12/01/90 23:54 Msg:5706 Call:32348 Lines:2
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380 echo echo...
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381 ............
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019=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/04/90 02:30 Msg:5707 Call:32370 Lines:20
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382 &*&*&*&*'s
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383 Well, last saturdays episode of twin peaks was what seems to be the closure of
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384 the Laura Palmer Story. It was a very good episode. Most of it seemed
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385 to be more symbol and image oriented then reality based. This worked well,
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386 as many mysteries were being explained. There was some very powerfull
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387 acting, great lines and an overall feel that was increadable. All in all,
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388 I'd say this was easily the best of the non Lynch directed episodes, and
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389 perhaps the best of the entire series.
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390
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391 Things to notice, Why is Donna suddenly wearing her hair like maddy did?
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392 Will this continue, and if so, what does it mean?
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393
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394 The show IS self consistent. Don't believe anyone who says it isn't.
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395
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396 Its sometimes hard to tell the red herrings from the true clues. Heres a
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397 hint. There are NO red herrings. Only misinterpretations.
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398
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399 An Astral Dreamer
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400 &*&*&*&*'s
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401
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402
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403 ??????????????????????????????????
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404
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405 Another thing that might be overlooked regarding school administration, is
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406 that many administrators are in fact teachers-on-special-assignment. This
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407 will probably make it look like these are actual teaching staff, when actually
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408 they are not. "Extended pay" for extra duty may be listed under something
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409 else entirely ... who knows???? But there is also the danger of most
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410 conflict being non-negotiable because the support staff union supposedly
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411 protects the "rights" of both support and teaching staff; surely a conflict
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412 of interest. From my observation, this seems to be a ploy to use one group
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413 against the other, working mostly for the benefit of senior administrators and
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414 the Board of Education.
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415
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416 ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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417
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021=Usr:186 Wesley Smith 12/05/90 18:48 Msg:5710 Call:32394 Lines:4
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418 I am looking for a byer for my laptops. I have an olivetti, and a toshiba t
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419 1000. The are both in excelent condition, and have 512 K. of RAM. The olivetti
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420 has #2. disk-drives, the Toshiba has #1. drive. For more information call
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421 #231-xxxx and ask for Wes Smith. TNX for the use of this board, have a happy
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022=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 12/08/90 02:04 Msg:5716 Call:32432 Lines:30
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422
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423
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424 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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425
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426 -+|[ The Following Is A Public Service Announcement ]|+-
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427 -+|[ From An Anonymous Oregon Motorist ]|+-
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428
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429
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430 "As a late stage alcoholic with numerous drunk driving
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431 arrests and nothing to lose, I can't stress enough the
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432 importance of "Tying One On" this Holiday Season. Why, this
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433 very afternoon I fully intend to get blind screaming drunk
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434 on hard liquor--then drive home at top speed in my big
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435 American car. I love the feeling of four wheel drift when
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436 I'm loaded, and I'm in just the mood for some serious
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437 heel-and-toe action behind the wheel. Insurance? I haven't
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438 paid a dime since 1974. Confiscate my car? It's a $75 piece
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439 of crap--be my guest. Send me to jail? It's the only time I
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440 get regular meals, and besides, all my friends are there.
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441 Stiffer sentences? Get real. I'll be out by happy hour and
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442 everybody knows it. So come on everyone..."Tie One On"...I
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443 know I will. And Happy Holidays."
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444
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445 -+|[ ThingFish ]|+-
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446 I Oughta Be Ashamed
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447
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448
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449 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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450
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451
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452 !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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453
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454 Interesting developments in the PPS "mole-station" case. First they blame
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455 the "victim's" interference for the totally ineffective outcome of the whole
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456 case, then they go on to charge the lawyer of extortion. Wonderful people,
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457 huh? These people have got all Portland's children for a large percentage
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458 of their young lives!!! I hope Mr. Wadsworth AND the parents both sue the
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459 district up one side and down the other, along with the lawyer. Seems to me
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460 it is the District who has a history of offering bribes.
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461
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462 !?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!???!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? .... Chemo Sabe
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463
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024=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 12/08/90 09:42 Msg:5719 Call:32435 Lines:11
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464 &$)(!*$)!(*$_)!@($_)(#~)#$*(%*_%*_)($(#)(@*$_)%*_)#($$(%*_)$(_($_)$($(_)!$_)!($
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465
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466 AD: I would say that tonight's wake for leland/BOB would be the true close of
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467 the Laura Palmer case: The physical entity of the killer is now dead. Perhaps
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468 we'll see a large white horse at the funeral???
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469
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470 Milch & AD : So, all projects wrapped up? How much sleep last week total? 5
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471 hours? Hope you got done what you needed to get done...
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472
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473 *%@#*(%@#(_)!($_)($!(!@$_)!($$ L'homme sans Parity *$_@*_)%_!@#(_)(!$+@)($_+!($
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474
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025=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/08/90 11:35 Msg:5720 Call:32436 Lines:21
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475 &*&*&*&*'s
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476 I never got mine finished unfortunetly. I kept trashing Turbo Debuger 2.0.
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477 Not an easy thing to do with pascal, but apparently I have a gift for it with
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478 C. Mind you, this was with the 386 version running. The debuger would
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479 just exit and leave me at the DOS prompt. I ended up doing better then I
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480 thought I would after I found out what my final score was, but not nearly
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481 as well as I thought I should have done. Oh well, thats what I get for
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482 taking compiler design without having taken either of the discrete(sp?)
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483 structures classes or Calculas. Next term should be even more fun. Who
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484 needs sleep anyway? :-)
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485
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486 Hmm, I'm looking forward to tonight. I hope they can pull off this new
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487 arc. They have 12 or so episodes to do it in I believe. I wonder what
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488 the chances are that they will get renewed for next year...
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489
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490 Heres to hoping that BOB is gone for good. Though I don't mind the rest
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491 of the spirits of course.
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492
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493 An Astral Dreamer (Off to get some more video tape.)
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494 &*&*&*&*'s
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495
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026=Usr:186 Wesley Smith 12/08/90 15:15 Msg:5721 Call:32439 Lines:2
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496 I want to take this time to wish you all a safe and happy holiday season. I am
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497 hoping for a successfull conclution to the gulf crisis for the comming season
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027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/08/90 22:57 Msg:5725 Call:32444 Lines:15
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498 &*&*&*&*'s
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499 Great Twin Peaks episode. The only problem I had with it was that the music
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500 was way to loud most of the time. The Secret Diary implied that the major
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501 would someday die, and apparently that event has finally come to pass. At
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502 the very least, he has been removed from the story in a very wierd and
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503 potentially final looking way.
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504
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505 And people say that they're making this up as they go along. I've read the
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506 Diary, watched almost every episode atleast twice. Other then dates, they
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507 havn't slipped up at all. OK, so they have made some visual errors. Big
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508 Deal.
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509
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510 An Astral Dreamer
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511 &*&*&*&*'s
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512
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028=Usr:322 Stray Cat 12/10/90 09:17 Msg:5729 Call:32469 Lines:54
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514 li
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516 }**{}**{}**{}**{}***{}***{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}
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517
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518 TORTURE
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519
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520 What goes on in the pauses
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521 of this conversation?
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522 Which is about free will
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523 and politics and the need for passion.
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524
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525 Just this: I think of the woman
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526 they did not kill.
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527 Instead they sewed her face
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528 shut, closed her mouth
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529 to a hole the size of a straw,
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530 and put her back on the streets,
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531 a mute symbol.
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532
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533 It doesn't matter where
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534 this was done or why or whether
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535 by one side or the other;
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536 such things are done as soon
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537 as there are sides
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538
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539 and I don't know if good men
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540 living crisp lives exist
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541 because of this woman or in spite
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542 of her
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543 But power
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544 like this is not abstract, it's not concerned
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545 with politics and free will, it's beyond slogans
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546
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547 and as for passion, this
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548 is its intricate denial,
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549 the knife that cuts lovers
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550 out of your flesh like tumors,
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551 leaving you breastless
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552 and without a name,
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553 flattened, bloodless, even your voice
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554 cauterized by too much pain,
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555
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556 a flayed body untangled
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557 string by string and hung
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558 to the wall, an agonized banner
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559 displayed for the same reason
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560 flags are.
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561
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562 By Margaret Atwood
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563 From TRUE STORIES/SELECTED POEMS II
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564
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565 }**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}***{}**{}**{}
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566
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567
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568 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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569
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570 YEAH, YEAH, YEAH ... FOR THE BLACK UNITED FRONT!!!! **SOMEBODY** is
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571 doing **SOMETHING**!! Seems like the only group doing anything any-
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572 more. Hope most of PPS joings in. The districtsure seems to be striking out
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573 alot lately. It's wonderful!!! The more pressure put on them, the more
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574 they're gonna show their "true colors" ... like the recent statement
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575 that the "molestation" "victims'" lawyer asked for money to keep quiet
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576 about the district.
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577
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578
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579 I heard Norma Paulus shortly after the election stating many teachers are
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580 unhappy about the way they're treated and that she has a whole army behind
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581 her to institute change. I believe she said teachers wanted to be treated
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582 like adults. If the way I was treated by PPS is any indication, the dis-
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583 trict has a LONG, LONG way to go. I have a written finding from a very high
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584 administrator stating I needed to check out with the head secretary whenever
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585 I left my desk ... like I was a third grader that needed a hall pass. This
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586 is probably not only against the law and union rules, but showed an extremely
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587 poor management style and total lack of problem solving. The head secretary
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588 worked in a different office not only from me but from the receptionist, who
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589 would have to be notified both when I left and when I came back. Of course,
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590 none of the other secretaries in the other offices of the department had to
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591 do that! To top that off, the union suddenly refused to arbitrate on the
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592 case after they had promised to do so, had processed the paperwork and
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593 appointed an arbitrator! They cornered me in the boiler room the day of my
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594@another district administrator. What goings on.
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595@
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596 friend's memorial service and screamed at me (both of them) that they wanted to
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597 settle the whole thing through another district administrator. They browbeat
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598 me for almost two hours, I believe.
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599
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600 And that's just a FRACTION of what I went through.
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601
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602 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... seems to be getting a little more excitin
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603
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604
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605 }**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}
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606
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607 CHRISTMAS CAROLS
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608
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609 Children do not always mean
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610 hope. To some they mean despair.
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611 This woman with her hair cut off
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612 so she could not hang herself
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613 threw herself from a rooftop, thirty
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614 times raped & pregnant by the enemy
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615 who did this to her. This one had her pelvis
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616 broken by hammers so the child
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617 could be extracted. Then she was thrown away,
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618 useless, a ripped sack. This one
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619 punctured herself with kitchen skewers
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620 and bled to death on a greasy
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621 oilcloth table, rather than bear
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622 again and past the limit. There
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623 is a limit, though who knows
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624 when it may come? Nineteenth-century
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625 ditches are littered with small wax corpses
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626 dropped there in terror. A plane
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627 swoops too low over the fox farm
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628 and the mother eats her young. This too
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629 is Nature. THink twice then
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630 before you worship turned furrows, or pay
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631 lip service to some full belly
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632 or other, or single out one girl to play
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633 the magic mother, in blue
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634 & white, up on that pedestal,
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635 perfect & intact, distinct
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636 from those who aren't. Which means
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637 everyone else. It's a matter
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638 of food & available blood. If mother-
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639 hood is sacred, put
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640 your money where your mouth is. Only
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641 then can you expect the coming
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642 down to the wrecked & shimmering earth
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643 of that miracle you sing
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644 about, the day
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645 when every child is a holy birth.
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646
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647 By Margaret Atwood
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648 From TRUE STORIES/SELECTED POEMS II
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649
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650 }**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}
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651
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652 696969696969
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653
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654 W 21/0Loigfra Excuse for War? By William Raspberry
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655 Tepopc fabody war, with no prize wot h eso huands of
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656 Aeia ie twudcst, can make you a little nervous. I'm getting a
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657 ltl evu. I s' that I doubt the ability of America's fighting forces to take ou
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658 tidrt oe ike Saddam HussensIa.M obsconcern the purpose for
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659 digs.Smi en ecie sartls n ower-mad tyrant bentMIRRORMIRRORofkdkdk
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660
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661 ^^???? We supposed to decipher?? Clues?
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662
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663 }**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}**{}***{}
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664
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665 NOTES TOWARDS A POEM
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666 THAT CAN NEVER BE WRITTEN
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667
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668 (For Carolyn Forche')
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669
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670 i
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671
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672 This is the place
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673 you would rather not know about
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674 this is the place that will inhabit you,
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675 this is the place you cannot imagine,
|
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676 this is the place that will finally defeat you
|
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677
|
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678 where the word WHY shrivels and empties
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679 itself. This is famine.
|
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680
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681
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682 ii
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683
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684 There is no poem you can write
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685 about it, the sandpits
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686 where so many were buried
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687 & unearthed, the unendurable
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688 pain still traced on their skins.
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689
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690 This did not happen last year
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691 or forty years ago but last week.
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692 This has been happening,
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693 this happens.
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694
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695 We make wreaths of adjectives for them,
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696 we count them like beads,
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697 we turn them into statistics & litanies
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698 and into poems like this one.
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699
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700 Nothing works.
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701 They remain what they are.
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702
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703
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704 iii
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705
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706 The woman lies on the wet cement floor
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707 under the unending light,
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708 needle marks on her arms put there
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709 to kill the brain
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710 and wonders why she is dying.
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711
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712 She is dying because she said.
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713 She is dying for the sake of the word.
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714 It isi her body, silent
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715 and fingerless, writing this poem.
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716
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717
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718 iv
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719
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720 It resembles an operation
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721 but it is not one
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722
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723 nor despite the spread legs, grunts
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724 & blood, it is a birth.
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725
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726 Partly it's a job,
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727 partly it's a display of skill
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728 like a concerto.
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729
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730 It can be done badly
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731 or well, they tell themselves.
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732
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733 Partly it's an art.
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734
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735
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736 v
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737
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738 The facts of this world seen clearly
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739 are seen through tears;
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740 why tell me then
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741 there is something wrong with my eyes?
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742
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743 To see clearly and without flinching,
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744 without turning away,
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745 this is agony, the eyes taped open
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746 two inches from the sun.
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747
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748 What is it you see then?
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749 Is it a bad dream, a hallucination?
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750 Is it a vision?
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751 What is it you hear?
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752
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753 The razor across the eyeball
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754 is a detail from an old film.
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755 It is also a truth.
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756 Witness is what you must bear.
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757
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758
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759 vi
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760
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761 In this country you can say what you like
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762 because no one will listen to you anyway,
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763 it's safe enough, in this country you can try to write
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764 the poem that can never be written,
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765 the poem that invents
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766 nothing and excuses nothing,
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767 because you invent and excuse yourself each day.
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768
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769 Elsewhere, this poem is not invention.
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770 Elsewhere, this poem takes courage.
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771 Elsewhere, this poem must be written
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772 because the poets are already dead.
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773
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774 Elsewhere, this poem must be written
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775 as if you are already dead,
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776 as if nothing can be done
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777 or said to save you.
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778
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779 Elsewhere you must write this poem
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780 because there is nothing more to do.
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781
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782 By Margaret Atwood
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783 From True Stories/Selected Poems II
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785 }***{}**{}**{}**}**{}**{}**{}
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786
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033=Usr:92 Katherine Dohert 12/12/90 15:42 Msg:5735 Call:32500 Lines:7
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787 ****************************
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788 Greetings all, just checking in. Can honestly say I have never watched
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789 TP, so I don't know if it's above my head. LaHomme, please give us
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790 a ring sometime, have VERY interesting news.
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791 This is Wednesday and Hell all rolled together, hope to get out
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792 alive.
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793 *****backtothegrind*********kathyD*****************************************
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794 ?????????????????????????????????%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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795 I too send my greetings! Merry Christmas All!
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796 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%??????????edward%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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035=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/14/90 12:34 Msg:5739 Call:32529 Lines:7
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797 &*&*&*&*'s
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798 Last week was the start of a new story line on TP, so now is as good a time
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799 as ever to start watching.
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800
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801 An Astral Dreamer
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802 &*&*&*&*'s
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803
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805 Wow, I've been gone a long time. Passwords and everything, you guys are get-
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806 ting fancy. Nice to see the only BBS that really looks like a bulletin board
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807 is still running. Friar Tuck.
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808 ======--=====--====--===--==--=--
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809
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810 @_)(*^%!@#$_(#@*$@^#$*#_
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811
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812 **ISN'T** it a crime to bore someone to death???
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813
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814 !_()*^@#$_#!+@(#N+!(@#+_)@(%^?
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815
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038=Usr:92 Katherine Dohert 12/18/90 22:09 Msg:5745 Call:32598 Lines:1
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816 ****************goodevening***atwork10:25p.m.***slickerthans******kathyD***
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039=Usr:11 L'homme sans Par 12/19/90 15:30 Msg:5746 Call:32604 Lines:11
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817 *$%@*%_)@#(%@#(%@#(%^_)^*@(%_)($_)(~($_($%#(%)$%#(%#(_)(#_%(#^*@_)%(@#(_%@_@(
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818 kathyD: I'll call. I gotta hear what this news is!
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819 Stray Cat: I believe it is *not* a crime to bore someone to death, else 90%
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820 of the television executives would be dead by now.
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821 Margaret Atwood: Haunting, scary, horrific, and the most potent, of all, True.
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822 AD: Sorry to hear about not getting the assignment done, but it wasn't a
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823 total loss. I am disappointed to hear about the troubles you had with the
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824 Borland stuff. That is supposed to be Microsoft's idea of quality, not
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825 Borland's!
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826 *_)@#(%_)@#(%)@#(%_)!@)$(_!($ L'homme sans Parity *&$(_*$_!@*%_)!*_)@($$_!(@$
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827
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040=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/21/90 20:28 Msg:5747 Call:32632 Lines:11
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828 &*&*&*&*'s
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829 Thanks L'homme. I tend to have a gift for this sort of thing. I think
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830 my logic circuits are so subtly broken that it drives computers mad. :-)
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831
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832 Sigh, no twin peaks for the next to saturdays.
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833
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834 Merry Christmas all!
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835
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836 An Astral Dreamer
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837 &*&*&*&*'s
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838
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041=Usr:186 Wesley Smith 12/22/90 08:05 Msg:5748 Call:32637 Lines:3
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839 I Wish all users of this system a Merry Christmas, and a happy new Year.
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840 please don't Drink and drive I hope to read your messages well in to the new
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841 year I hope Santa is good to all and leaves no coal in your socks. Ho Ho Ho
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042=Usr:391 walt wilson 12/22/90 13:11 Msg:5749 Call:32639 Lines:2
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842 Can anyone tell me what the &$## is going on here, and what this board is for
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843 and where to get info.......
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043=Usr:165 Bart Simpson 12/22/90 17:49 Msg:5750 Call:32643 Lines:100
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844 696969696969
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845 "CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS?" By Dr. James R. Hines
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846
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847 Factually, and historically, and sensibly, Christmas is supposed to be the
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848 celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Of course, no one knows exactly
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849 what date He was born. Even the exact year is a matter ofa wsconjecture.
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850 Christians have chosen to celebrate the glorious event on the 25th of
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851 December. But every year it seems that there is a little less emphasis on
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852 Christ during the Christmas season. Gradually, Christ is being removed from
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853 Christmas!
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854
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855 This began years ago in a very quiet and subtle manner. First, there was the
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856 introduction of Santa Claus, to get the children so excited about reindeer
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857 and a fat man passing out presents, that they would scarcely have time or
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858 interest left for the Christ child. It is amazing that the One who is the
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859 "truth" should be supplanted by one who is a lie, but that is the way it has
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860 been. Then there was the promotion of the word "Xmas" as an abbreviation for
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861 Christmas. Not that there seems to be any shortage of ink or paper to write
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862 any other long words, but it was a nice and easy way to eliminate "Christ"
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863 from "Christmas". Another of these rather devious means of eliminating
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864 Christ's influence from the season was the introduction of parties,
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865 revellings, drunkenness and the "office party" to the season. Certainly,
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866 this is a big part of the season to most people. Strange, though, that when
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867 it is someone else's birthday, we invite them, honor them, and celebrate it
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868 with them. But when it is the celebration of Christ's birthday, most can
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869 enjoy all the parties and festivities without even a thought of Christ.
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870
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871 More recently, the removal of Christ from Christmas is being carried out in a
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872 more blatant and overt fashion. Now it is an all out attack to get Christ
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873 removed from the season. this attack is carried on in the courts and seeks to
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874 eliminate any reference to Christianity from public places and public
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875 activities. Due to the influence of these atheists and ACLU activists, most
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876 public school children can no longer sing Christian carols during the
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877 Christmas season. Manger scenes have to be removed from city squares, parks
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878 and municipal buildings. Crosses displayed on city water tanks have to come
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879 down. Just as the inn of Bethlehem had no room for the Saviour when He was
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880 born, the public place, the market place, and city hall have no room for the
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881 Son of God today.
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882
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883 Why is it that some of these individuals and groups are so zealous in their
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884 efforts to get Christ out of Christmas? There are reasons: some bogus and one
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885 genuine. The first artificial reason given is that any display of the manger
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886 scene or mention of the Christ child might offend someone of a different
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887 religion. But what kind of a hollow, specious reason is that? Is this not
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888 America, a land of diversity where people can express themselves, worship as
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889 they please and hold whatever opinions they choose? Am I to be "offended"
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890 because I encounter an opinion I disagree with? Am I to be "offended" because
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891 Jewish people talk about the Passover, or I see a Muslim praying to Allah?
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892 Of course not. This is America. I may disagree with someone but still
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893 respect his right to whatever beliefs he chooses. Only the bigot is offended
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894 because he encounters a different opinion than his own. Why is it that those
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895 who would remove Christ from Christmas worry about Christians offending
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896 others, but never seem to be concerned about their anti-god ideas offending us?
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897
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898 A second phony reason given by these anti-Christ zealots is the notion that
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899 we must maintain the separation of church and state. "Don't you understand,"
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900 they ask, "that our constitution guarantees the separation of church and
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901 state?" This tune has been sung so loudly and so often, that people are
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902 actually believing that it is unconstitutional for any government property
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903 and activity to be in any way associated with anything religious. Such
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904 u*Nnotions may be the result of brainwashing be the atheists, but are in no way
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905 rted in historical fact. The Bill of Rights decrees simply, that congress
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906 shall make no law establishing a religion. That is all it says and that is
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907 all it means. Hanging a cross on a water tower is not making a law or
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908 establishing a religion. Neither is the displaying of a manger scene. The
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909 framers of our constitution accepted the fact that this was a nation
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910 established with belief in Christian principles. While they would not allow
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911 any particular denomination to be declared the official state religion, they
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912 accepted and encouraged the participation of Christianity in every phase of
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913 public and governmental life. There was never any intention on their part to
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914 remove Christianity from the public domain.
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915
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916 There is a real reason why these people wish to get Christ out of Christmas.
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917 It is not as high sounding as the phony reasons, but it is the real force
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918 behind their actions. Simply put, they hate God. They do not want to obey
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919 Him. They are afraid to face Him. In their lives they will deny Him, so in
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920 their efforts they must try to remove Him. The holiness of Christ convicts
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921 them. The acceptance of Christ frustrates them. The worship of Christ
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922 appalls them. The salvation offered by Christ, condemns them. Instead of
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923 surrendering, they will fight. They will push and protest, litigate and
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924 agitate and stop at nothing to remove Christ from public view.
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925
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926 These people should face reality and recognize the futility of their task.
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927 History has shown that Christ cannot be destroyed. They can pass laws but
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928 they cannot outlaw god. They may turn off the Christmas lights, but the light
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929 of the gospel will still shine. They can remove the cradle and the cross,
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930 but they cannot remove the Christ. And someday they will fall on their knees
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931 before Him and confess that He is the Lord God.
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932
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933 Now you, friend, are probably not going around smashing nativity scenes and
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934 taking down crosses, but if you do not give Christ His rightful place in your
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935 heart and in your home this Christmas, you are not much different than these
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936 transgressors. Worship Christ. give your heart to Him. Read His Word.
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937 Attend church to hear it preached. Put Christ into your Christmas.
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938
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939 Dr. James R. Hines is pastor of the Brentwood Baptist Church at 609 West
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940 Dempster in Des Plaines, Illinois.
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941
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942 696969696969696969 Merry Christmas to All
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943
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044=Usr:445 Bullwinkle J. Mo 12/23/90 16:07 Msg:5752 Call:32655 Lines:2
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944 Huh?
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945 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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045=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/29/90 07:23 Msg:5766 Call:32745 Lines:6
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946 &*&*&*&*'s
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947 Ha, there are still lines available on Disk B!. Is anybody reading this?
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948
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949 An Astral Dreamer
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950 &*&*&*&*'s
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951
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046=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 12/30/90 09:27 Msg:5769 Call:32754 Lines:6
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952 &*&*&*&*'s
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953 I guess not.
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954
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955 An Astral Dreamer
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956 &*&*&*&*'s
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957
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047=Usr:165 Bart Simpson 12/31/90 03:58 Msg:5773 Call:32773 Lines:19
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958 12/31/90 Quayle Notebook By RITA BEAMISH
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959 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Vice President Dan Quayle's decision to play
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960 golf at an American course that bars women is following him to a country that
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961 forbids them to drive cars or socialize or work with men.
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962 Quayle cut short an outing last Friday at the Cypress Point Golf Course in
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963 Pebble Beach, Calif., after learning it was the subject of controversy because
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964 it had no black members.
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965 But he said Sunday he'll continue to play at the male-only Burning Tree Club
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966 in the Washington suburb of Bethesda, Md., where he is an honorary member by
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967 virtue of his office.
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968 "I've played there before and I'll play there again,"' he said when
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969 questioned by reporters traveling with him to visit U.S. troops in the Persian
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970 Gulf region.
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971 "I'm not going to protest Burning Tree," he said. "Maybe they'll change. I
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972 think it would be a good idea for them to take women into the club. I don't hav
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973 any problem playing there in the meanwhile."
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974 Further, he noted, "There are a lot other very well-respected people that
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975 have played at Burning Tree."
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976 ------
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048=Usr:165 Bart Simpson 01/04/90 00:58 Msg:5776 Call:32829 Lines:3
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977 Is one to assume from Quayle's comment that he is a "very well-respected"
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978 person, or just that he THINKS he is?
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979
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049=Usr:493 michel shannon 02/12/90 00:32 Msg:5862 Call:33369 Lines:1
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980 l'homme call DV 415-923-xxxx [*=*]
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