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   From: robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
   In article <10ne70n$1st45$1@dont-email.me>,   
    Lawrence D’Oliveiro  wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:05:32 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   >   
   > > ... was probably based on Cecil Rhodes, a bu[s]inessman turned   
   > > politician ...   
   >   
   > Calling Cecil Rhodes a “businessman turned politician” is like ... I   
   > don’t know ... like referring to Genghiz Khan as a pastoral herder   
   > turned tribal chieftain ...   
   >   
   > Remember that the entirety of the territory called “Rhodesia” in his   
   > name included both present-day Zimbabwe and South Africa (née   
   > “Southern Rhodesia”).   
      
   Wrong. Zimbabwe was Southern Rhodesia and Zambia was Northern Rhodesia.   
      
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