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Latifunda (Diaries)
By Eric Green Fri Jan 31st, 2003 at 04:59:02 PM EST
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One of the aftermaths of the 2nd Punic War between Carthage and Rome was the arisal of the latifunda (or latifundia) system.
In more recent news, it was recently announced that more than 50% of all Americans work for one of the Fortune 1000: the logical successors to the Roman latifunda.
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Grapefruit is EDIBLE?! (Diaries)
By Eric Green Tue Jan 28th, 2003 at 03:42:35 PM EST
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Until recently I thought grapefruit was that tart, inedible fruit that my mother sometimes ate while dieting. Then I bought a house with a mature grapefruit tree in the back yard...
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Cold dead hands (Diaries)
By Eric Green Fri Jan 24th, 2003 at 10:58:43 PM EST
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While shopping tonight, I saw a college-professor looking person with an NRA t-shirt saying something like "an armed populance is the surest defense of liberty". The only problem is, I think he's already been proven wrong.
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