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   Message 446,627 of 448,027   
   Paul S Person to Nicoll   
   Re: Clarke Award Finalists 2021   
   10 Nov 25 08:19:47   
   
   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:26:21 -0500 (EST), jdnicoll@panix.com (James   
   Nicoll) wrote:   
      
   >2021: Conservationists are aghast that influenza B/Yamagata lineage    
   >may face extinction, the selection of Alan Turing's image for new    
   >50 pound notes raises the question of whether other state torture    
   >victims will be so honoured, and the Johnson government proves beyond    
   >a shadow of a doubt that herd immunity does exist-- but only to shame,    
   >and only amongst Tories.   
      
   So, were the awards suspended that year?   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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