Right on, Wei! ==DP At 06:55 AM 8/5/00 GMT, you wrote: ><<You're going to have a hard time explaining Irony . . .>> > >Irony. Yes, that was a process which occurred in China during the Great >Leap Forward, when all metallic objects were melted down to create enough >steel so that the People's Republic could win the struggle against >capitalism. > >Or as that great champion of international capitalism, Henry Miller said to >Anais Nin, "Stop ironizing !!" > > >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > HOME: Dan Pearlman 102 Blackstone Blvd. #5 Providence, RI 02906 Tel.: 401 453-3027 email: [log in to unmask] Fax: (253) 681-8518 http://www.uri.edu/artsci/english/clf/ OFFICE Department of English University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881 Tel.: 401 874-4659