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From: "D. Spencer Hines" <>
Subject: Re: Ernst-Leopold (was Re: George Rex)
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 1997 16:36:54 -1000


Yvonne Demoskoff wrote:
>
> On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 14:34:28 -0400, [kaboodle is
John Steele Gordon] wrote:
>
> ... snip ...
>
> > His
> >grandson, Ernst-Leopold is the current titular Duke of Albany and could
> >petition for a restoration of the title, but has not done so as far as I
> >know.
> >
>
> Ernst-Leopold is not likely to petition anything since he, along with his
> third wife, committed suicide in June 1996.
>
> Yvonne
>
>

Strike Five. There's nothing like a little research *before* posting
--- to improve the batting average.

John Steele Gordon is fond of literary images from popular culture
[Captain Queeg from Herman Wouk's fine novel "The Caine Mutiny." JSG
seems to have forgotten, as do many who have never read the book --- or
even carefully watched the famous closing scenes of the film --- that
Captain Queeg is actually the flawed (Remember Oedipus, Achilles, Prince
Andrei, etc., pick your favorite.) hero of the tale.] so here is one
for him to put in his "character file."

The more I see of JSG's hyperbolic hysteria ---- the more he reminds me
of the character that Peter Lorre played right up to -- and over -- the
top in ----- "The Maltese Falcon" ----- "Joel Cairo."

No, Captain Queeg is not one of my "role models" or "heroes" either. Do
I hear any votes for "President James Marshall" ---- Harrison Ford ----
in "Air Force One?" That man has good genes.
--

D. Spencer Hines---"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever
remains, however improbable, must be the truth."---Sherlock Holmes---Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)---"The Sign of Four" (1890), Chapter 6.

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