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Linday: First, I'd like to say that I appreciate all of the information. I'm quite interested in the role that nations such as Australia and Canada played in the theater of the World Wars, chiefly because I'm afraid to say that I know quite little (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I will apologize once more to you Larry. I didn’t realize you were voicing your opinion about this. I took it as ordering the club to do something. Some how I wish we could vote on whether or not we should use the Michlug “logo”. But before we (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Intifadeh (1979) actually refers to the open uprising against Israel by the population, not terrorist actions per se. The people throwing stones and bottles at tanks and soldiers are the symbol of the intifadeh, not snipers or car bombs or the (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Ok, why such anti-American sentiment? (Was Re: the metric system)
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(...) The only case I can think of that might address this question is the US Civil War. Europe walked an amazing tightrope then, in part to avoid upsetting the balance of Europe internally-- although Britain recognised "belligerent rights" with (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Ok, why such anti-American sentiment? (Was Re: the metric system)
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(...) In short, the industrial base of the serpent's head was there. The United States could easily take Japan in a fair fight, but an Axis-controlled Europe was a much more dangerous nut that needed cracking. Once pressure was off Britain, huge (...) (23 years ago, 3-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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