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

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   Message 3,843 of 4,149   
   Joe Fineman to Iain   
   Re: Orwell's unattractive heros   
   20 Jun 08 23:49:03   
   
   94bc1f30   
   From: joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   Iain  writes:   
      
   > Why did all of Orwell's novels feature youngish heros who look worse   
   > for wear?   
      
   Versimilitude?   
      
     ...A truly beautiful man, indeed, is as rare as a truly beautiful   
     piece of jewelry.                                 -- H. L. Mencken   
   --   
   ---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net   
      
   ||:  Drinking is what straight men do with each other instead.  :||   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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