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Magnificent Seven That Keep Mere Mortals Wondering
The Telegraph (UK) ^
| 4-3-2004
| Christopher Howse
Posted on 04/02/2004 5:20:20 PM PST by blam
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04/02/2004 5:20:21 PM PST
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blam
To: blam
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:21:22 PM PST
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blam
(Monthly donors are the best, try it.) (You'll sleep better at night ))
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:23:08 PM PST
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Support Free Republic
(I'd rather be sleeping. Let's get this over with so I can go back to sleep!)
To: blam
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:25:26 PM PST
by
The G Man
(John Kerry? America just can't afford a 9/10 President in a 9/11 world. Vote Bush-Cheney '04.)
To: blam
Mmm. I got five. Not great, but acceptable. I should've gotten the lighthouse.
It helps if you've played Civilization :)
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:25:35 PM PST
by
prion
To: blam
Was under the impression that the 7 wonders were somewhat subjective. If they aren't, they oughtta be.
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:26:24 PM PST
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squidly
(I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosity he excites among his opponents)
To: blam
Nice article. Reminds us of more innocent times...
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:26:54 PM PST
by
livius
To: squidly
and for the record, Hoover Dam is a lot more impressive than the Sydney Opera House.
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:27:22 PM PST
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squidly
(I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosity he excites among his opponents)
To: blam
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:32:16 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: squidly
They forgot the fame of Rosie O'Donnel, Bill Maher and Whoopi Goldberg.
To: Cicero
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:54:36 PM PST
by
blam
(Monthly donors are the best, try it.) (You'll sleep better at night ))
To: Cicero
Seven Little Pigs
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posted on
04/02/2004 5:55:13 PM PST
by
ancient_geezer
(Equality, the French disease: Everyone is equal beneath the guillotine.)
To: ancient_geezer
To: blam
"...the Seven Deadly Sins..."
And for fans of Camelot -- the stage version, not the movie, Mordred's song:
"The seven deadly virtues, those ghastly little traps
Oh no, my liege, they were not meant for me.
The seven deadly virtues were made for other chaps
Who love a life of failure and ennui
Take courage, now there's a sport
An invitation to the state of rigor mort
And purity, a noble yen
And very restful every now and then..."
Full credit to Lerner and Loewe, of course, who knew how to portray a memorable villain.
For the rest of the song
http://dramafan.tripod.com/mockingbirdtheatre/7deadly.html
To: blam
"... The lone wunderkind who named all Seven Wonders is a man. (Men are slightly better than women at this game.) He lives in Wales and is aged between 18 and 24." I'd bet that there's a huge chance that he plays the PC strategy game 'Sid Meier's Civilization III'.
I could have named all seven, even the tough to remember ones like 'The Temple of Artemis' and 'Mausoleum of Halicarnassus'.
Of all the ancient wonders, I would have liked to see the Colossus of Rhodes the most. It's ruins were sold to an Arab for scrap metal long after it had fallen.
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:13:14 PM PST
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The KG9 Kid
(Semper Fi)
To: blam
And all along it thought it was a "B" side for Duane Eddy..... just dang
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:37:05 PM PST
by
Joined2Justify
(Smoke screens were/are bought by the Oil/Auto cartel.)
To: blam
!!!C'mon, now...John Kerry's Purple Hearts must be in there somewhere.....
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posted on
04/02/2004 6:50:25 PM PST
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Renfield
To: blam; martin_fierro; mikrofon
. . . . . . . . . . The Steven Wonder of the "World"
To: WSGilcrest; Charles Henrickson
OH yeah. One or two Wonders there.
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posted on
04/02/2004 7:01:19 PM PST
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martin_fierro
(Two of Seven of Nine)
To: blam; FairOpinion; Ernest_at_the_Beach; SunkenCiv; 24Karet; 3AngelaD; 4ConservativeJustices; ...
Oops, missed it. Please FREEPMAIL me if you want on, off, or alter the "Gods, Graves, Glyphs" PING list --
Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
The GGG Digest -- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)
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posted on
02/27/2005 4:02:32 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
(last updated my FreeRepublic profile on Sunday, February 20, 2005.)
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