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I'd be tempted to ask "why was the Cold War cold?" "Why did we have a "race" for space?" That might encourage visitors to think about the use of language and politics. Just a thought. > On 20 July 2018 at 09:14 Faith Carpenter <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hi Gemmers > > A nice opinion question. > > I'm making some panels for a general audience, mainly families. I'm heading each chunk with a question such as 'What was the space race?' 'What was the cold war?' etc but have been told that this is 'for infants' and 'dumbing down'. > > I thought it was a more engaging style than 'The cold war was' and 'The Space Race was'. > > What do you think? > > Kind regards, > > Faith Carpenter MA > > Director, The Company Curator Ltd www.thecompanycurator.co.uk & The Private Curator www.theprivatecurator.co.uk > > Office: 01367 241237 > > Mobile: 07842 320691 > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] Anyone can join for free at any time by sending this message to [log in to unmask]: Join GEM Firstname Secondname Include only the text above, without email signature etc. The title of the email doesn’t matter. Send it to [log in to unmask] If you are going on holiday or have an out of office message for some other reason, you can send this message: Set GEM nomail When you get back: Set GEM mail You don’t 'miss' any messages by doing this as they are all available via main GEM list web page as above. Finally, if you need to change your email address, but stay subscribed to GEM, just send your new email address like this: CHANGE GEM [log in to unmask] + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] Anyone can join for free at any time by sending this message to [log in to unmask]: Join GEM Firstname Secondname Include only the text above, without email signature etc. The title of the email doesn’t matter. Send it to [log in to unmask] If you are going on holiday or have an out of office message for some other reason, you can send this message: Set GEM nomail When you get back: Set GEM mail You don’t 'miss' any messages by doing this as they are all available via main GEM list web page as above. Finally, if you need to change your email address, but stay subscribed to GEM, just send your new email address like this: CHANGE GEM [log in to unmask] + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +