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Post #97,899
by Mike
4/22/03 1:36:04 PM
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New Just curious......
.... what insights into the issue did you gain from reading his work?
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Post #98,095
by rcareaga
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4/22/03 10:42:35 PM
4/23/03 2:16:05 PM
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New Re: Just curious......
You appear to have answered the question in #97901--these are the same conclusions that Norwich suggests, although I must say that I took away from his account a measure of surprise that the rickety edifice of the Eastern Empire didn't collapse of its own absurdities centuries earlier.

cordially,

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"Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist."
Expand Edited by rcareaga April 23, 2003, 02:16:05 PM EDT
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     I'm curious. - (mmoffitt) - (21) - April 21, 2003, 12:06:39 PM EDT
         We got staying power... and we are better disorganized. -NT - (folkert) - (4) - April 21, 2003, 12:08:00 PM EDT
             Rigggghttt - (deSitter) - (3) - April 21, 2003, 12:13:21 PM EDT
                 I think he forgot the sarcasm tag. -NT - (inthane-chan) - (2) - April 21, 2003, 12:13:52 PM EDT
                     Uh... - (folkert) - (1) - April 21, 2003, 12:46:53 PM EDT
                         Hey, at least you earned your .sig... :) -NT - (inthane-chan) - April 21, 2003, 01:41:19 PM EDT
         Huh? - (bepatient) - (8) - April 21, 2003, 12:46:12 PM EDT
             Re: Mexico - (mmoffitt) - (7) - April 21, 2003, 02:19:45 PM EDT
                 Oh yeah... - (bepatient) - (6) - April 21, 2003, 02:21:21 PM EDT
                     You think NAFTA was a good idea? - (mmoffitt) - (3) - April 21, 2003, 02:34:58 PM EDT
                         Only if... - (bepatient) - (2) - April 21, 2003, 02:55:48 PM EDT
                             Really? - (mmoffitt) - (1) - April 21, 2003, 03:01:32 PM EDT
                                 Not with respect to Canada, at least. - (admin) - April 21, 2003, 03:17:49 PM EDT
                     Bill I think you also forgot... - (folkert) - (1) - April 21, 2003, 02:46:33 PM EDT
                         Was it really necessary? Probably, so thanks. -NT - (bepatient) - April 21, 2003, 02:56:47 PM EDT
         We're a much better model than they were. - (marlowe) - April 21, 2003, 07:17:19 PM EDT
         Thoughts - (Mike) - (5) - April 22, 2003, 12:02:25 PM EDT
             Byzantium - (rcareaga) - (3) - April 22, 2003, 12:44:06 PM EDT
                 Just curious...... - (Mike) - (1) - April 22, 2003, 01:36:04 PM EDT
                     Re: Just curious...... - (rcareaga) - April 23, 2003, 02:16:05 PM EDT
                 Sometimes I just love the internet.... - (Mike) - April 22, 2003, 01:41:33 PM EDT
             Another one . . - (Andrew Grygus) - April 22, 2003, 01:28:24 PM EDT

This is all frightfully unimportant, but since when has that been a reason not to post?
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