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    "id": 20,
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    "first": "1997-01-11T22:45:01+00:00",
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    {
      "message_id": "<whorl-v0001-0031@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Paul C Duggan",
        "address": "pduggan at world.std.com"
      },
      "date": "1997-01-11T22:45:01+00:00",
      "subject": "(whorl)",
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          "text": "From: Patri10629 at aol.com\n\n1. What purpose did the tour of the Talus factory serve? It happens late in\nExodus and seems to lead nowhere--a battle plan that didn't pan out? I wonder\nwhat others make of this scene..."
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          "text": "I'm sure it has some greater significance beyond what I'm going to propose\nas well, but:\n\nI think Wolfe put it in to give a chance for engineering (his trade) to\nshine through. It just seems in keeping with some of his public remarks\nabout engineering and his interest in vindicating it as a profession.\n\nmaybe that's too pat...\n\n\"I am an impure thinker. I am hurt, swayed, shaken, |  paul           + | +\nelated, disillusioned, shocked, comforted, and I    |                 --|--\nhave to transmit my mental experiences lest I die.\" |                 + | +\n                     --  Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy    |  pduggan at world.std.com\n\n\nQuestions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com"
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