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one of my best stories about basque is from a friend who worked at the French Embassy in Moscow in Soviet times. He wa speaking in basque to his family back in France when a voice came on line and said "KGB, please use a language we can understand"

(the KGB was renowned for its linguistic expertise)

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (jeromeguillet@yahoo.fr) on Mon Aug 15th, 2005 at 01:38:36 PM EST
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Most famous Dutch violinist received education in Moscow and played in many concerts. What no one knew when she traveled from Moscow to the West, het violin case became a secure place to keep some manuscripts.

The KGB had no idea how Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn had his manuscript published in the West - The Gulag Archipelago!


The world community is indebted to our musician - thanks Emmy.

Bruch: Violinconcert no.1 in g kl.t. op.26
Beethoven:  Symphony no.5 in c kl.t. op.67
Orchestra: Beethoven Academy olv. Jan Caeyers - Emmy Verhey, violin
Recording: 22 september 1996
broadband ●  smallband Windows Media

Paste complete URL {} in address for broadband connection:
{ javascript:var%20w=window.open('http://www.avroklassiek.nl/avplayer.aspx?streamurl=mms://media.omroep.nl/avro/klassiek/zoc/zoc_03061 1_bb.wma','avplayer','width=500,height=440'); }

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by Oui on Mon Aug 15th, 2005 at 03:42:33 PM EST
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Heh, the KGB...

There is an anecdote about Enrico Fermi, the Italian nuclear physicist who also worked on the Manhattan Project. When asked about whether he believes in Martians, he answered: "Heh, of course, they are already here! They call themselves 'Hungarians'!"

Unfortunately, to understand the joke, I have to explain that during the Manhattan Project, Fermi was usually sitting at a table with five other European emigree scientists, all of them Hungarian (and most Jewish), who would often change from English into Hungarian during their debates, leaving Fermi to sit stupified.

*Traitor*, n.
A benighted individual who perceives an illusory distinction between serving his nation and abetting the criminals who govern it.

by DoDo on Tue Aug 16th, 2005 at 06:14:04 AM EST
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