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Article #104Re: National Rifle Association (NRA) On Campus!
From: Christian Smith
Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 00:00
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In article <336E0303.2069@pcmail.virginia.edu>, Kapt <rlh8e@pcmail.virginia.edu> wrote: >Matthew T. Russotto wrote: > >> }Well dynamite was invented by a civilian. *grin* >> >> Didn't he invent the blasting cap as well? Guy named Nobel, family >> was into nitroglycerine, IIRC... >> >> People like to see things blown up. Evidence: the popularity of >> fireworks and building implosions. What's wrong with that? > >Yes , Nobel invented Dynomite and the blasting cap. Also the coveted >Nobel Peace Award is in his honor.. Go Figure.. No, the Nobel prize was established by Nobel and is funded from moneys set aside by him. The Nobel prize covers many different areas, Peace, Physics, Chamestry, etc with the notable exception of Mathematics. Rumor has it that his wife had an afair with a mathematician and he developedand abiding hatrad for mathematicians in general. =================================================================== Christian Smith, Systems Manager - Instructional Development Office George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax VA, 22030 csmith @ gmu.edu (email) 703-993-2779 (voice) 703-993-3162 (fax) http://www.ido.gmu.edu/Chris/Index.html Key Fingerprint: 30 07 7A 66 9C 0D 18 04 AC 2E 1C E1 EA EE 3C 44 =================================================================== For PGP key send mail with subject: Send PGP Key
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 144807,2d4d4eb316566ec6 X-Google-Attributes: gid144807,public X-Google-Thread: 101049,2d4d4eb316566ec6 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-Thread: 1044e7,2d4d4eb316566ec6 X-Google-Attributes: gid1044e7,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,2d4d4eb316566ec6 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public From: csmitx@gmu.edu (Christian Smith) Subject: Re: National Rifle Association (NRA) On Campus! Date: 1997/05/05 Message-ID: <csmitx-0505971225570001@prospero.ido.gmu.edu> X-Deja-AN: 239649064 References: <5k2tak$1pa@portal.gmu.edu> <5kavmq$1js@portal.gmu.edu> <3369081e.36315635@news.gmu.edu> <5kj1aa$nkg@portal.gmu.edu> <5kkomb$37l@wanda.vf.pond.com> <336E0303.2069@pcmail.virginia.edu> Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA Newsgroups: gmu.local,dc.general,va.general,talk.politics.guns