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That's two days in a row you've managed to compare/contrast history and the present.

The French haven't changed much in the last 100 years, and Hollywood has!

14 posted on 04/15/2003 8:05:10 AM PDT by HiJinx

LOL The one I moved for today's Hoolywood thread was on the "Liberation of Paris". It's historically accurate but I don't aree with the author's concluding paragraph although the article was written in 1998 so I'll cut him a little slack.

15 posted on 04/15/2003 8:14:07 AM PDT by SAMWolf (CNN: We knew about Saddam for 12 years, but Republicans are worse, so we didn't say anything.)

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An Iraqi tries evade his blocker while an U.S. soldier of 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division attempts to throw a pass in Karbala, some 40 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 14, 2003. (AP Photo/ Pfc. James Matise/U.S. Army

An U.S. soldier with the 101st Airborne Division does his laundry during a moment of 'down time' in Kabrala, some 40 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 14, 2003. Clean clothes, showers, hot food and mail are the main things soldiers say they are lacking while out in the field. (AP Photo/Pfc. James Matise/U.S. Army)

US marines rest behind the cover of a concrete wall in Baghdad. The commander of the Iraqi army's Anbar sector command, who led 16,000 troops with control extending to the Syrian border, surrendered to US forces(AFP/Odd Andersen)

A soldier waits reads a map while resting on the wheels of his vehicle in Iraq, Monday April 14, 2003. The first elements of 4th Infantry Division started moving into Iraq Monday. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)

16 posted on 04/15/2003 8:26:46 AM PDT by SAMWolf (CNN: We knew about Saddam for 12 years, but Republicans are worse, so we didn't say anything.)

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