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Old 05-05-2008, 07:34 PM
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Brilliant piece Andrew. Perfectly put. Thx for elucidating a lot of what people are thinking/feeling.
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Old 05-06-2008, 04:19 AM
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Brilliant piece Andrew. Perfectly put. Thx for elucidating a lot of what people are thinking/feeling.

I figured what the word meant, but I looked it up anyway.
BTW, nice post, BTW.
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Old 05-06-2008, 05:29 AM
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Fine, true-to-the-heart piece of writing, BTW. Thanks for taking the time. I'll echo the thought of Phil and others that it belongs on the Times' OpEd page, too.

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And thanks to Richard Migliore for stopping in and adding some more longterm perspective about how freakish this particular tragedy was.
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