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Subject:	Re: Good (!) editorial from Canada PLEASE READ (done)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 12 Sep 2001 22:09:34 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.pt, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes: (snipped) > Well, first of all, he doesn't know about European aerospace > company Airbus, which produces airliners (and is in fact comparable > to Boeing in its output). He dwells on 1950s and 1960s events, > and doesn't even mention later events, even when they would > seriously support his case (and there are a lot of them). He > refers to the Lockheed Tri-Star and the 747 as the "Boeing Jumbo > Jet," which I haven't heard since before KAL 007. Japan=radios? > c. 1970! I agree with the article, but it's got "1970s" written > all over it. Might it not be a trenchant reprint? > > Given that Gordon Sinclair has been dead since 1984, I'd bet that > would be the case: > > http://www.gnt.net/~wright/american_ed.html > > best > > LFB Eh eh, I wrote just about the same concerning Airbus (I did not read your post until i posted mine...). There is a catch, though: The earthquake. It was 5 years after the writer's passing out (out/away/?)... :-) Pedro

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		Re: Good (!) editorial from Canada PLEASE READ (done)
(...) Surely you realize that San Francisco has had earthquakes before 1989? Also, technically the 1989 quake wasn't centered in San Francisco, but in Loma Prieta, certainly close enough to be felt. (URL) could have been referring to the 1906 quake, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Good (!) editorial from Canada PLEASE READ (done)
(...) Not a catch. He's referring to 1906--although, to be honest, that's not much different functionally from mentioning the Chicago Fire. That would definitely be one of those naive points. It's definitely a 1973 production, though. I found more (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Good (!) editorial from Canada PLEASE READ (done)
(...) Well, first of all, he doesn't know about European aerospace company Airbus, which produces airliners (and is in fact comparable to Boeing in its output). He dwells on 1950s and 1960s events, and doesn't even mention later events, even when (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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