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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 07:57:05 EST
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- From: BGRISSOM@UKCC.UKY.EDU
- Subject: Re: WORDS-L TP: Brad's Art/Literature Question
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu,
- 31 Dec 1992 19:47:50 +1000 from <LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU>
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- On Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:47:50 +1000 <LNCJB@WOMBAT.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU> said:
- >Brad, glad to have you back. Your Art/Literature question:
- >
- >"Who was only 21 when she wrote 'Pride and Prejudice'?"
- >
- >Boy, did you pick right. :-)
- >
- >Rolled a 4 then a 5 so you do get your next choice of History if/when correct.
-
- Jane Austen. You know, I'm not sure of that. The impulse to do a
- little quick fact-checking is strong, isn't it? But I didn't.
-
- Thanks, Carolyn. It's good to be back after eight wordsless days.
- I zipped through the archives last night to catch up. The List was
- right busy over the holiday, wasn't it?
-
- I will commemorate the New Year tonight with friends. One of our
- traditions is to read aloud the annual Roger Angell "Greetings, Friends"
- poem from the New Yorker and see how many of the names we can identify.
- Here's my favorite couplet from this year's edition:
-
- Hey-hey for good gray George C. Scott!
- Hooray for Pat Buchanan -- *not*!
-
- The year-end issue also has a very nice tribute from various folks
- in honor of editor William Shawn.
-
- brad
-