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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (32769)	2/8/1999 5:50:00 PM
From: George Coyne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 67261

I notice you didn't mention anything about their policies. G. W.

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (32769)	2/8/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 67261

That was great, Sherry! The curmudgeons of the GOP will not get it, though!

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (32769)	2/9/1999 1:40:00 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Actually, the characterizations are false. Eva Braun was Hitler's long time mistress, and there is evidence that he liked them younger than that... Winston Churchill's drink of choice was Scotch, and according to his private secretary, the reason that he seemed to have an amazing capacity to hold huge quantities was that he drank it very, very watered down. Also, he didn't exactly get "kicked out of office"... I'm not sure what it means to accuse FDR of associating with "ward heelers", since they are merely party regulars who get out the vote locally, and they were certainly not his close friends. Why not say that Hitler associated with thugs, malcontents, and racists, or even better, was one? I don't know anyone who has ever made smoking an issue, except for a few fundamentalists, and the left- wing of the Democratic Party. As for the martinis, I don't know where such data came from, but it was not unusual at that time to have a couple during the day, say at lunch or at the end of the work day, to have a couple around dinner time, and to have a night cap or two. Again, I don't know anyone but a few fundamentalists, and the granola eating section of the left- wing of the Democratic Party, who would make a big deal of that. Besides, I have read that Hitler's hygenic practices were probably exaggerated for propaganda effect, and that he took drugs, albeit under a "physicians care", both amphetamines and sedatives. Your little exercise is not only inaccurate, but beside the point.

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (32769)	2/9/1999 11:26:00 AM
From: lorrie coey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

LOL! Hypertext Webster Gateway: "poignant" From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913) Poignant \Poign"ant\, a. [F., p. pr. of poindre to sting, fr. L. pungere to prick, sting. See {Pungent}.] 1. Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent. ''Her poignant spear.'' --Spenser. ''Poynaunt sauce.'' --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical. Her wit . . . became more lively and poignant. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet (r) 1.6 (wn) poignant adj 1: arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching" [syn: {affecting}, {touching}] 2: keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant anxiety"