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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2002 20:23:59 +0100
Subject: Re: USA! USA! USA (Today)! of Who Writes this Stuff?
From: Mark Joseph <mjoseph1@socal.rr.com>
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Diana Wright, referring to "prose" and "insights" such as:

"Many a libido throbbed at the vision of Russell Crowe's manly thighs
nestled beneath that gladiator miniskirt . . . ."

and

"I had no idea the Romans were so cool or the Greeks so weird."

in

> http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/2002-07-24-classics-cover_x.htm

queries, in the subject line of her post:

> Who Writes this Stuff?

The answer is journalists, who have newspapers to sell.

Mark Joseph, hoping this wasn't a trick question.

.