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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I had lunch with a <EM>lao pengyou</EM> (Mao
had said that Nixon was one of those, an "old friend")
yesterday.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>My friend compared the cold brutality of the
American government in its remote control war to the unemotional termination of
employees by internet in the movie "Up in the Air". Unfortunately I
havent seen the movie yet so I had to ask him to explain the analogy to
me. He also said it was a very good movie.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Thought you all might be interested since Aware has
a connexion, since Helen Estabrook was a producer for Up in the
Air.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>