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   Jud Pewther to All   
   The physicist Edward Teller   
   24 Jan 17 00:24:08   
   
   From: jpewther@aol.com   
      
   The physicist Edward Teller =   
   The lewd physicist led Terra.   
      
   This is just a possible improvement for one of my old anagrams,   
      
   Edward Teller = Lewd led Terra   
      
   which doesn't quite work, because (as far as I can tell), "lewd" has always   
   been an adjective, not a noun. But "lewd" does have the archaic meaning of   
   simply "evil" or "wicked," without having any sexual suggestions.   
      
   However, there was no problem with "Terra," because that is the Latin word for   
   "Earth." And Terra has been used as a name for the planet Earth in science   
   fiction.   
      
   Edward Teller is, of course, the physicist who is known as "the father of the   
   hydrogen bomb." And by coming up with a workable idea for the design of the   
   first H-bomb, and lobbying hard to get the USA to create one, he led the   
   modern world into the M.A.D.   
    era of Mutually Assured Destruction.   
      
   Jud   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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