"Peter Bruells" <usernet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Conspiracy of Doves <mark_dp73@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
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>> On Feb 14, 6:40 am, m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Mike Van Pelt) wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <029f3c57-8e09-45bd-ae32-2c45a3d80...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>> Sound of Trumpet <soundoftrum...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080116.wstalin16...
>>> >y/International/home
>>>
>>> >Ruthless butcher or benign great-grandpapa Joe?
>>>
>>> >Stalin's great-grandson has no doubt the Soviet dictator created 'the
>>> >most unique, most successful, event in the history of mankind'
>>>
>>> I'm sure. And if Adolph Hitler had, tragically, reproduced,
>>> his great-grandson might say very similar things about Naziism.
>>>
>>> Which wouldn't make either of them a bit less monstrous.
>>>
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>>
>> Actually, Hitler does have three living descendents.
>
> Are children of brothers and sisters "descendents"?
Paul O'Neill of the Yankees used to be described as a direct descendent of
Mark Twain, based on the fact that his N-great grandmother was a cousin of
Twain's mother. So it was true except for "direct" and "descendent".
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