On Nov 21, 2005, at 10:34 AM, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Exactly one of those, Hal. Whew.
>
> Picked up out of the ether....?
Or maybe the ether ore . . .
Hal
> Doug
> On 20-Nov-05, at 11:52 AM, Halvard Johnson wrote:
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>> Progress Report
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>> Given aid and succor, perhaps a thousand men
>> of good character, plus a thorough commander
>> might hold off the armies of Khotan. Looking
>> down the rows of poplars, we sought to mystify
>>
>> the enemy, but ended with the mystification of
>> our own men and women. “Alone!,” she said,
>> taking infinite pains to do so. Fringe groups
>> hid in the forests at the edge of the plain.
>>
>> Residues of the past posted in strong positions.
>> Defending or attacking, willy-nilly, a general
>> must hold his tongue so as not to tip his hand.
>> He found his troops less reliable than ever,
>>
>> unwilling to study ground, to realize how
>> important it is to choose positions with care
>> on more exposed terrain. Another child dead,
>> another whose remains were not found.
>>
>> One cigarette apiece they were allotted,
>> a humble beginning. Ever-widening circles
>> lapped the shores of the cow-pond. The nation
>> untenable, after all those years of promise.
>>
>>
>>
>> --Halvard Johnson
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> Douglas Barbour
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