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To: Ilaine who wrote (53817)	9/1/1999 10:22:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

Okay, Cobe....Even now, you do not seem to get the point. My main interest in the argument was to explore the issues raised by E about "political correctness", by taking a contrarian position about a topic over about which there is an "enlightened consensus". The exercise has been very interesting, thanks for your participation...Oh, and by the way, I am not the child of immigrants. I have one grandmother who came to America when she was 5, all the rest were born here. I am the great- grandchild of immigrants, and in one instance, the great- great- grandchild of immigrants....

To: Ilaine who wrote (53817)	9/1/1999 11:46:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) Loose \Loose\, v. n. [imp. & p. p. {Loosed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Loosing}.] [From {Loose}, a.] 1. To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve. Canst thou . . . loose the bands of Orion ? --Job. xxxviii. 31. Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose them, and bring them unto me. --Matt. xxi. 2. 2. To release from anything obligatory or burdensome; to disengage; hence, to absolve; to remit. Art thou loosed from a wife ? seek not a wife. --1 Cor. vii. 27. Whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. --Matt. xvi. 19. 3. To relax; to loosen; to make less strict. The joints of his loins were loosed. --Dan. v. 6. 4. To solve; to interpret. [Obs.] --Spenser.