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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (72900)	2/10/2003 4:17:46 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 281500

I have been to the Institute for Advanced Study, which was practically built for Einstein, to visit a friend doing research in the history of astronomy. While there, I met a woman professor from New Zealand, who specialized in Medieval Studies, largely matters revolving around the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, such as the confluence of Byzantine, Muslim, and Catholic culture in Sicily, or the struggle with the Papacy. I asked her how she managed in New Zealand as a scholar, given her metier. Her primary answer was to point out that she was at the Institute......