[Atmob-discuss] Comet Holmes

[Dr. Arthur G. Swedlow]

E.Talmadge Mentall wrote:
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> *Bruce,*
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> *I'm glad that you're in Beijing. By the time you get back stateside I 
> will have dug a moat around my premises. *
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> *Apropos of your location: In my lifetime, the name has changed from 
> Peiping, to Peking, to Beijing. I wish they would make up their minds.*
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> *Tal*
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> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:33:14 -0400 "Bruce Berger" 
> <bruce at scopemaker.com <mailto:bruce at scopemaker.com>> writes:
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>     So now that we know of all these antiques, just what was your
>     address again?
>      
>     Bruce
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>      
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What about the many names of St. Petersburg? Peter Ustinov's mother, on 
emigrating to England, gave several names for her city of origin.  It 
took the officials some time to realize they were all one and the same.