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08-29-2002, 08:07 PM
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Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!
Long has it waved on high,
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner in the sky;
Beneath it rung the battle shout,
And burst the cannon's roar;
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more.
Her deck, once red with heroes' blood,
Where knelt the vanquished foe,
When winds were hurrying o'er the flood,
And waves were white below,
No more shall feel the victor's tread,
Or know the conquered knee;
The harpies of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea!
Oh, better that her shattered bulk
Should sink beneath the wave;
Her thunders shook the mighty deep,
And there should be her grave;
Nail to the mast her holy flag,
Set every threadbare sail,
And give her to the god of storms,
The lightning and the gale!
| -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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08-29-2002, 08:20 PM
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Is it Oliver Wendell Holmes?
If not, is it a man?
Alive?
Writer of fiction?
Writer of science-fiction?
Historian?
Poet?
Playwright?
Other?
American? |
08-29-2002, 08:27 PM
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Wrote for children?
Adults?
Published before 1980?
Before 1940?
Any best sellers?
Any books on those '100 classics/best books' lists?
mj
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08-29-2002, 09:16 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by theworm
Is it Oliver Wendell Holmes?
| No. Yes. No. No. Quote: |
Writer of science-fiction?
| No. Yes. Just a historian. Yes.
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08-29-2002, 09:20 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by mjfrombuffalo
Wrote for children?
| No. (Unless they were really superintelligent children.) Yes. Yes. Some before, some after. Don't think so. Quote: |
Any books on those '100 classics/best books' lists?
| Don't think so.
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08-29-2002, 09:23 PM
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Did he write about eras of history?
Specific People?
If so, Presidents?
Other specific people?
Was his last book published before 1990?
did he focus on American history?
Would you be surprised if the following people had NOT read his stuff:
theeye?
MSP?
Rich?
sleeper54?
Magenta?
me?
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
08-29-2002, 09:34 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by mjfrombuffalo
Did he write about eras of history?
| Not just one era. Yes. No. Yes. Quote: |
Was his last book published before 1990?
| Yes. Quote: |
did he focus on American history?
| Yes. Quote:
Would you be surprised if the following people had NOT read his stuff:
theeye?
MSP?
Rich?
sleeper54?
Magenta?
me?
| MSP is the only one who has read him, I bet.
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08-29-2002, 09:41 PM
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Grrrreeeaaaaaat.... that'll make things easier 
Is he on MSP's Must-Read Book List?
Would you consider this author a biographer?
Was his last book published before 1995?
Would you be surprised to see any of his books listed as required high school reading? college reading?
Did he focus on one area of the country?
One certain aspect of history? (by this I mean economics, politics, exploration, etc.)
Were the people about whom he wrote alive when he wrote about them?
If mint chocolate chip ice cream was invented in 1920, was he born after mint chocolate chip ice cream?
Did he work for a university/college/other institution of learning?
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
08-29-2002, 10:04 PM
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Quote: Originally posted by mjfrombuffalo
Grrrreeeaaaaaat.... that'll make things easier
Is he on MSP's Must-Read Book List?
| You'd have to ask him. Quote: |
Would you consider this author a biographer?
| Yes. Quote: |
Was his last book published before 1995?
| Yes. Quote: |
Would you be surprised to see any of his books listed as required high school reading? college reading?
| No. Quote: |
Did he focus on one area of the country?
| No. Quote: |
One certain aspect of history? (by this I mean economics, politics, exploration, etc.)
| Yes. Quote: |
Were the people about whom he wrote alive when he wrote about them?
| Some of them. Quote: |
If mint chocolate chip ice cream was invented in 1920, was he born after mint chocolate chip ice cream?
| No. Quote: |
Did he work for a university/college/other institution of learning?
| Yes.
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08-29-2002, 10:25 PM
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OK, I'm bugging Amy for the link to MSP's list for you.
Did he work for a college?
University?
High school?
Was it Ivy League?
East coast?
West Coast?
South?
Fly-over Land?
Was he born after the erection of the Eiffel Tower?
Have you reviewed his work?
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
08-29-2002, 10:27 PM
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
08-30-2002, 12:07 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by mjfrombuffalo
[b]OK, I'm bugging Amy for the link to MSP's list for you.
Did he work for a college?
University?
High school?
Was it Ivy League?
East coast?
West Coast?
South?
Fly-over Land?
| Ivy. Quote: |
Was he born after the erection of the Eiffel Tower?
| No. Just before. Quote: |
Have you reviewed his work?
| No.
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08-30-2002, 12:08 AM
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Not on this list. But then the only modern historian on there is WSC, and it ain't him.
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08-30-2002, 12:15 AM
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I still don't have even the slightest idea who this might be but I'll keep asking questions...
Is the first letter of the school for which he worked between the letters of A-M (inclusive)?
Why haven't you reviewed his work?
Has he written more than 10 books?
More than 20?
Did he get any awards for his writing, either for an individual book or for his body of work as a whole?
mj
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
08-30-2002, 12:24 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by mjfrombuffalo
I still don't have even the slightest idea who this might be but I'll keep asking questions...
| Go right ahead. Quote: |
Is the first letter of the school for which he worked between the letters of A-M (inclusive)?
| Yes. Quote: |
Why haven't you reviewed his work?
| Because. Quote: |
Has he written more than 10 books?
| Yes. I think so; it depends on whether or not you count one work in particular as being more than one volume. Quote: |
Did he get any awards for his writing, either for an individual book or for his body of work as a whole?
| Yes.
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08-30-2002, 12:33 AM
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Brown?
Columbia?
Cornell?
Dartmouth?
Harvard?
Are you surprised I had to actually look up what schools were in the Ivy League?
Did he write more than one work in a volume/series format?
Was his usual topic economics?
foriegn relations?
exploration?
politics?
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
08-30-2002, 07:59 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by mjfrombuffalo
[b]Brown?
Columbia?
Cornell?
Dartmouth?
Harvard?
| Harvard. Quote: |
Are you surprised I had to actually look up what schools were in the Ivy League?
| You forgot Princeton and Penn and Yale. Quote: |
Did he write more than one work in a volume/series format?
| No. Quote:
Was his usual topic economics?
foriegn relations?
exploration?
politics?
| Exploration was the topic of two of his books that I know of, but that's not what he's best known for. His work touches on foreign relations and politics, sort of.
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08-30-2002, 08:17 AM
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Didn't forget Princeton/Penn/Yale; had already eliminated them with my "A-M" question. 
Does he write about environmental issues?
Population?
Is it John Jakes?
Mitchner?
Dr. Robert Silsby?
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It's extraordinary to me that the United States can find $700 billion to save Wall Street and the entire G8 can't find $25 billion dollars to save 25,000 children who die every day from preventable diseases.~ Bono |
08-30-2002, 08:54 AM
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Did he write about war?
Has he won a Pulitzer?
If so, for biography?
Or non-fiction?
--naomi
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08-30-2002, 09:58 AM
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Quote: Originally posted by mjfrombuffalo
[b]Didn't forget Princeton/Penn/Yale; had already eliminated them with my "A-M" question.
Does he write about environmental issues?
Population?
| No. Dear God, no. No. No.
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