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A CENTURY OF LIONS/THE 20TH CENTURY TOP 100
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2871 Sedimental journey!Jacques Chitte-5/17/2000
2870 Well, not so much that I will not listen to arguments against, but I do think tNeocon-5/17/2000
2869 In one's lifetime, there is so much to assimilate, some of it will get buriNeocon-5/16/2000
2868 78. Boris Yeltsin And another thing Neo...are you sure???/sandintoes-5/16/2000
2867 That said ... I don't get the feeling from Clarke that directed evolution iJacques Chitte-5/16/2000
2866 You're right ... I'd forgotten that angle.Jacques Chitte-5/16/2000
2865 Some of it is nihilistic. Some of it is just human, no more nihilistic than KinNeocon-5/16/2000
2864 Well Neo you've put a suitably dense response up to my rather dense criticiRaymond Clutts-5/16/2000
2863 By the way, as of 4:23, this thread was number one on the Hot Subjects list....Neocon-5/16/2000
2862 Yes, the book made sense, because it explained what was happening, more or lessNeocon-5/16/2000
2861 That's a poser. 2001 the movie ended ... strangely. Inaccessibly imo. 2001Jacques Chitte-5/16/2000
2860 People esteem things, and therefore have values, regardless of their ethical thNeocon-5/16/2000
2859 True you needn't pick one at all to exclude if you prefer trying to reach cRaymond Clutts-5/16/2000
2858 Yes, I agree that the issue of freedom is central to the various explorations oRaymond Clutts-5/16/2000
2857 Well, TP, the Beatles are on, and Elvis has bounced on and off. But the final rNeocon-5/16/2000
2856 <i>If winning the Cold War was also crucial, </i> What about Elvis TigerPaw-5/16/2000
2855 Well, one can admire someone without sharing all of his opinions. I have read aNeocon-5/16/2000
2854 Well, there is the Star Child, but I have not read most of his works, so I don&Neocon-5/16/2000
2853 Churchill? Roosevelt?? You seem to admire Solzhenitsyn but apparently have noMichael Cash-5/16/2000
2852 I don't think that that is a recurring theme in his books. It certainly marJacques Chitte-5/16/2000
2851 "The Forge of God" would make a very good movie. But choice of directJacques Chitte-5/16/2000
2850 I know, but it was, nonetheless, an error to be fixed......Neocon-5/16/2000
2849 As a matter of curiosity, what do you think of his assumption that evolution haNeocon-5/16/2000
2848 Tough call. "Childhood's End" for the bigness of the idea. "Jacques Chitte-5/16/2000
2847 LOL! I was only teasing you, dear!Edwarda-5/16/2000
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