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From: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Farley Mowat
Message-ID: <859@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-May-85 10:00:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: mnetor.859
Posted: Thu May 23 10:00:13 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 23-May-85 12:11:38 EDT
References: <451@mnetor.UUCP> <14@aquila.UUCP> <1066@uwmacc.UUCP> <181@yetti.UUCP>
Reply-To: clewis@mnetor.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
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Summary: 

In article <181@yetti.UUCP> peter@yetti.UUCP (Peter Roosen-Runge) writes:
>Contrary to what many Americans believe, disliking the US and having
>a wicked sense of humor is not evidence of lunancy.  I get the impression
>that for Farley, things worked out beautifully -- he didn't have to go
>on the book publicity tour (which he probably hates ... many writers do)
>to LA (which is about as far from Farley's concept of a desirable place
>to be as possible) and he got to trot out his old "shooting at the B-52's"
>joke from 1968 again + all the free publicity!

The one I like most of all (when the U.S. official suggested that they
meet in the middle of the Peace Bridge to discuss FM's file) was that
FM refused ever to enter the U.S. again, unless Air Force 1 flew to
Ottawa carrying an official apology to fetch him.
-- 
Chris Lewis,
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