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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 6:42:07 PM

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I'm just talking about how he took a club that was going nowhere and basically bought two titles (is it three now?).

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 6:46:02 PM

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I think three. They had won an FA cup or two in the 90's prior to Abramovich (not that it means as much as it used to). At least they still suck in Europe.

Wenger might be bothered to spend some cash . . . if they have it.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 6:56:56 PM

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I'll stick to hockey and baseball, thank you.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 7:42:02 PM

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Hey Onime, how would you translate "apperatchik"? Is that even how it's spelled?

My idea is that it translates (roughly) into "technocrat"?

Not really. It comes from the idea of a member of the government apparatus. So functionary or civil servant would probably be closest. The reason it has such a negative connotation is because it implies a "don't look at me, I just work here" individual, generally lacking humanity or sympathy for his fellow man.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 7:45:18 PM

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Bureaucrat?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 7:46:17 PM

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Is there a Russian term equal to the English "technocrat"?

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 8:41:46 PM

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Parole - Tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 9:10:15 PM

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Bureaucrat?

Perhaps, but an extremely officious and heartless one.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 9:19:51 PM

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Hey, how about those Texas Rangers? Hope they get 'er done tomorrow. Beat the Evil Empire!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 9:22:31 PM

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quote:

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Is there a Russian term equal to the English "technocrat"?

They use the English term I believe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 9:32:15 PM

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Good night gents

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/21/2010 10:42:01 PM

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A 'heading home from work hoping for but not holding my breath for a new 2x2 PBEM turn tonight' tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 1:41:16 AM

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 1:42:03 AM

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A 'heading home from work hoping for but not holding my breath for a new 2x2 PBEM turn tonight' tithe.

Concentrate on your driving not WITPAE

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 2:10:24 AM

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ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

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ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

A 'heading home from work hoping for but not holding my breath for a new 2x2 PBEM turn tonight' tithe.

Concentrate on your driving not WITPAE

And YOU... you should look in your inbox!

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 2:11:38 AM

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Log in word RETJAG. We can do something with this

Yeah, my wife in a few years. RET. JAG.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 2:11:39 AM

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A 'heading home from work hoping for but not holding my breath for a new 2x2 PBEM turn tonight' tithe.

OK, you can exhale.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 2:12:48 AM

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Good evening - Tithe.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 3:03:47 AM

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Tithe...

Best wishes Gladiatt, I pray Claire is able to get help.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 3:25:55 AM

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Stupidity That Can Be Seen From Space
government | Salinas, CA, USA

(When taking a call from a customer who has a trash pickup problem I usually pull up an aerial picture to see what the property configuration is.)

Me: �How may I help you sir?�

Caller: �I think the garbage truck ran over my cement pad and broke the corner.�

Me: �You mean the small pad on the north side of the driveway?�

Caller: *long pause* �Do you memorize everyone�s property?�

Me: �No, I pulled up your property on my computer and I�m looking at a picture of your front yard.�

Caller: �Wow! That�s really amazing! Wait, wait, give me a second!�

(The customer drops the phone and I can hear him calling someone as he leaves the room. About one minute later he gets back on the phone and is slightly out of breath.)

Caller: �Can you see her now?�

Me: �I�m sorry, I don�t understand?�

Caller: �My wife, my wife, she�s out on the front lawn in the white bathrobe and curlers. I can see her waving up at you!�

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 6:08:14 AM

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The Green Wolf Connection (1976 US and 1978 UK) By Dennis Lynds

The Arab: Khalid al Wahli: The Green Wolf, was born and raided in the desert. He practiced unheard of methods of killing and torture.

The Israeli: Mendel Tadah: Even from his cell in an Arab prison, he had ways of staged brutal and devastating raids on the Mufti's villages.

The Irish women: Sheila Kelly: She used her body to lure her targets to out of the way hotels and into deadly ambushes.

The mysterious Colonel: A Lawrence of Arabia. But with a twist. He wanted to dominate the world.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 6:14:40 AM

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The Snake Flag Conspiracy (1976 US and 1978 UK) By Saul Wernick

The KGB was planning to wreck the US economy by forcing the biggest banks to dump all their stocks at the same time. A plant in one of Boston's old families would trigger the total economic collapse. Nick had to discover the identity of the Boston Brahmin traitor and make his death look like an accident.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 6:21:55 AM

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Revenge of the Generals (Feb 1977 US cancelled, June 1978 US, 1979 UK) By Saul Wernick

Four power mad Generals, an engineering genius, a beautiful astrophysicist,, and an aristocratic Spaniard caught Nick in a deadly trap. Their diabolical plot could bring the world to its knees. One by one the letters came. Each warning of an impending airline disaster. After each letter a jumbo yet would crash.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 6:28:28 AM

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Under The Wall (March 1977 canceled US, July 1978, 1982 UK) by Dewitt S Copp

The Students, upset about press reports of West Berliners profiteering from escapees, had a plan of their own to aid their eastern compatriots.

The assassin knew how to use the idealism of the students and maintain his professional status. He was an expert at bloody assassinations and did not care who paid him as long as the money was their.

Nick knew what would happen if the US President were to be killed.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 6:36:45 AM

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Deadly Doubles (1978 US and 1980 UK) By Larry Van Gelder

From a bizarre death camp in the jungles of Javas to the teeming streets of Djakarta, from a Beirut prison cell to the casinos of Europe. Nick tracked the leader of the New Alliance, whose business is death and whose goal is the extermination of millions.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 6:42:04 AM

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Race of Death (1978 US and 1982 UK) By David Hagberg

Question: When should Nick Carter accepts a routine assignment as bodyguard to a VIP.
Answer: When the VIP is the President of United States.

The President embarks on a world wide peace mission. But when a highly organized terrorist gang is hell bent on world war, enter Nick Carter.

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RE: THE THREAD!!! - 10/22/2010 6:47:58 AM

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Trouble in Paradise (1978 US and 1980 UK) by Robert Derek Steely

Someone is sabotaging American oil companies to the tune of millions of dollars an scores of deaths. The media are calling them accidents, the CIA and FBI know better. It is Nick's mission to find out who is crippling America's energy reserves. Two AXE agents have been murdered and all evidence points to a group in Nassau by the name of The Bahamian Liberation Front. They are threatening a coup, but who is the mastermind?