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   alt.books.george-orwell      Discussing 1984, sadly coming true...      4,149 messages   

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   Jack to Joe Fineman   
   Re: Hope and Redemption in 1984: New Ess   
   28 Jul 05 21:04:22   
   
   From: baron58y@yahoo.com   
      
   Joe Fineman wrote:   
      
   >   A public clock in a university town began striking thirteen every   
   >   midnight.  Workmen dismantled it several times looking for the   
   >   trouble, but without success.  It finally developed that an   
   >   undergraduate with a room opposite had provided the thirteenth   
   >   stroke with the aid of an air rifle.   
   >   -- E. Bright Wilson, Jr., _An Introduction to Scientific Research_   
      
      
   Air rifle mus' 'ave fired one bluudy great pellet, then! Or, th' clock 'ad   
   no' much of a bell.   
      
      
   Jocko   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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