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(...) But that makes them absolutly NO DIFFERENT as a mini-fig. If mini-Han and mini-Luke had tan heads then it would make sense for mini-Lando to have a brown head. However they are not based on the actors. Mini-Luke and mini-Han have yellow heads (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Look at the top-right pic; click on it to enlarge. At the top middle of the poster, there is a 'fig with a white construction hat... it has a black head. (...) Well, certainly of SOME of them, if not all... -Shiri (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I *know* they're characters. Here's my point. Tell me the name of the guy who is portrayed by the Indian Cheif. The actual guy. There isn't one! It's just a generic figure. Now, I can tell you the names of the guys who are portrayed by the (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Quote from Reuters news story: "In seven countries in sub-Saharan African, 20 percent or more of adults were infected with the virus that causes AIDS, and would die within the next few years, leaving some 40 million children orphaned, Thurman (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ?? Which one? I didn't see any black heads in any of them. I saw a couple 'figs with black hair, but none with black heads (or at least, none visible). I think part of the point (of at least a couple) of the posters is that all of them are the (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think the reason it gets more attention is because it affects more people (just my impression) all over the world than cancer, especially in Africa. (...) These are just the US stats. I seriously doubt these stats hold true for other (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) AIDS is a communicable disease, and is on a fairly steep climb as far as death toll goes. Some statistics(1): South Africa estimates 1 in 10 adult males have HIV. There are 7 African countries where AIDS is responsible for 20% or better of the (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What are these threats? (...) Who is Reason? (...) It is a threat, maybe not to national security, but a threat nevertheless. HIV/AIDS could cause the deaths of millions of people in a short time, it already has, it will in the future. HIV, (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Regarding that same photo, I wonder if the frown on the minifigs face was hand drawn or did they actually manufacture it? Or was it done after the photo was taken? Dave Eric McCarthy <bendyarm@aol.com> wrote in message (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes: --SNIP-- (...) One report I read (can't remember where) explained the NS threat with respect to AIDS trends on a global level: Africa, Asia specifically. With the massive rates of infection in (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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