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Re: pound and women
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"John K. Taber" <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 23 Oct 1998 20:54:47 -0500
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Y Huang wrote:
>
> Some cook, some don't.  -- E.P. in The Pisan Cantos (quoting Olga)
 
I thought that this was a wry reference to Dorothy's agreement with
Pound before their marriage that she was not going to cook.
 
It seems to me there is deep acceptance of immutability in just four
words.
 
--
I've been able to string more words into fewer ideas than anybody I
know, and I'm continuing to do that.
     - Alan Greenspan to the Senate Budget Committee, Sept 23, 1998

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