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A CENTURY OF LIONS/THE 20TH CENTURY TOP 100
An SI Board Since October 1999
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Emcee:  Neocon Type:  Unmoderated
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746 I have completed a TENTATIVE list, but continue to ponder your suggestions. I hNeocon-10/27/1999
745 A REVISED TENTATIVE TOP 100--- AND THEN SOME: 1. Winston Churchill 2. FranklinNeocon-10/27/1999
744 Hi Neo, I am no where near an expert on the huge volumes of work John Dewey hasgreenspirit-10/27/1999
743 I will ponder your objections.... Neocon-10/27/1999
742 Now that you mention it, I think you may be right, and I will think hard about Neocon-10/27/1999
741 Movies reflect elite culture? Yikes. Not too long ago actors were held in the Tom Clarke-10/27/1999
740 Film is the most important medium of the century, and is a bridge between eliteNeocon-10/27/1999
739 An interesting nominee, and worth considering.... Neocon-10/27/1999
738 Neocon--I mentioned Henry Kaiser once. I still think he belongs. He was a majoDruss-10/26/1999
737 The treasonous scalawag Fermi isn't a Lion. Scratch the showbiz types whileTom Clarke-10/26/1999
736 JLA, I differ with you on import of military commanders. Prior to JFK (BoP, CubMichael M-10/26/1999
735 Neocon Late entry, common man division. Muhammed ed Dib, goatherd extraordinaGordon A. Langston-10/26/1999
734 THE TENTATIVE TOP 50: 1. Winston Churchill 2. Franklin Roosevelt 3. Dwight EisNeocon-10/26/1999
733 Continuing with my precis of the Morris biography: Reagan achieved his welfarNeocon-10/26/1999
732 Fermi made the crucial practical leap to nuclear fission, which allowed us to bNeocon-10/26/1999
731 OK. What about Fermi? No doubt in the world of science he would make the list. Tom Clarke-10/26/1999
730 Okay, so does Bill. I am waiting for a fuller argument on the question.... Neocon-10/26/1999
729 Well, I would agree with having Churchill at the top but I think you overstate jlallen-10/26/1999
728 Yes, tentatively..... Neocon-10/26/1999
727 Are those in some sort of order? JLA jlallen-10/26/1999
726 They were crucial to the development of strategy, which, incidentally, does affNeocon-10/26/1999
725 Thanks for noticing....Let's argue about someone else on my list! Neocon-10/26/1999
724 The generals followed the CIC's orders. They themselves had no influence. CBill-10/26/1999
723 You are correct sir.Tom Clarke-10/26/1999
722 Make your own list, or do better than that to dissuade me. If Truman had not enNeocon-10/26/1999
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