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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (17523)	12/6/1998 1:44:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Hey Michelle, isn't there supposed to be a lottery for that honor? Cheers, Dan.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (17523)	12/6/1998 7:29:00 PM
From: Les H	Respond to of 67261

I will now take the counterpoint. The Romans when in their latter times when their morals were decaying, not unlike the US now, had a building boom in stadiums, not unlike the US now. They needed the stadiums to entertain the idle masses who were supported by their generous welfare system. The idle masses were also joined in watching these cruel gladiator games by the burgeoning government worker class who needed entertainment on the many holidays that dotted the calendar. I've seen somewhere that approximately 200 or so holidays were provided. In Europe now, the norm is seven weeks holiday plus sick days.