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Look, Agassi is probably going to give him a towelling but there is a widespread misconception about Philippoussis being nicknamed 'the Scud' which always seemed crass too most Australians, he's from Bloody Melbourne and as Roy and HG put it, you have to support 'the big pooh' best Hugh ----- Original Message ----- From: geraldine mckenzie <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 2:04 PM Subject: Re: Wimbledon > > > > >> > >>Which brings me to a marvellous book I have just finished (now for > >DAvid Cannadines essays, his Class was brilliant): Modris Eksteins, > >Rites of Spring, which is about the cultural background to the > >Great WAr culminating in Adolf. A brilliant book. In the Paul Fussell > >class. . > >But Eksteins book (1989) is one to note and I must look out for > >more of him. > > > >Douglas, it's been some years but I support this recommendation, a very > >interesting analysis. I've only recently got hold of Fussell's The Great > >War and Modern Memory (when I say recently, I mean last year so the title > >may be askew) but it was fascinating. As one who's been moderately immersed > >in the Great War most of my life, I felt at times as if I was reading about > >myself. Right down to the roses and poppies. Very interesting on irony, > >too. His book about the second World War (years ago and the title's > >completely gone) was one of the most depressing books I've read about the > >war. A little too big to tackle in a few sentences. > > Geraldine > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%