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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!ERS.BITNET!MAINT2
  3. Message-ID: <HISTORY%93012508171917@PSUVM.PSU.EDU>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.history
  5. Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 1993 08:12:15 EST
  6. Sender:       History <HISTORY@PSUVM.BITNET>
  7. From:         Ken Koester <MAINT2@ERS.BITNET>
  8. Subject:      Re: Large lecture sections
  9. In-Reply-To:  Message of Sun,
  10.               24 Jan 1993 16:31:56 +0100 from <ccurrie@CLUS1.ULC C.AC.UK>
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  13. On Sun, 24 Jan 1993 16:31:56 +0100 Christopher Currie said:
  14. >
  15. >Especially as the question has been so phrased that none of the answers
  16. >offered is right.
  17. >
  18. >As every schoolboy knows, William defeated Harold at Battle, not
  19. >at Hastings. That the battle has been known as the 'battle of
  20. >Hastings' since the 12th century or earlier is one of those
  21. >nuances that multiple-choice questions can't expose. You can't call it
  22. >the Battle of Battle without sounding silly.
  23. >
  24. Umm.  I found myself more interested in the nuance of whether William defeated
  25. Harold, or Harold defeated himself (-:
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