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   From: g@crcomp.net   
      
   Robert Carnegie  wrote:   
   > Like it says, "oculus" is the Latin word for an eye.   
   > In the (mostly?) English translated _Asterix in Britain_,   
   > the Romans shoot a catapult or something at a boat that   
   > the heroic Gauls are in, they hit it, and declare,   
   > "Oculus tauri!"  As the footnote says: bull's-eye.   
      
   Aldebaran (α Tauri) is now lost in the Sun's glare. When it's visible,   
   it plausibly passes for the oculus Tarus. (If my Latin's correct.)   
       My original post contains an error. "Probable" needs to be   
   "improbable."   
      
           The movie visuals are but a muddied reflection of   
       the sight seen by my mind's eye. The movie reminds me of   
       _Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy_ (le Carré). In both cases,   
       it seems highly improbable that the movie storyline can   
       be followed by anyone who does not first read the story.   
      
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   Thank you,   
      
   --   
   Don   
      
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