Today in Pynchon history Re[2]:

[fuhrel at ccrouter.ccsn.nevada.edu]

     Today is the anniversary of the day that Ford pardoned Nixon.  And the 
     birthday of Pigpen.
     
     Bob Fuhrel


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Subject: RE: Which world leaders read TRP
Author:   "Sherwood  Harrison" <hsherwood at btg.com> at SMTP-CCSN
Date:    9/8/97 11:13 AM


>From:         Eric Alan Weinstein
>Sent:         Sunday, September 7, 1997 7:06 PM
     
>By the way, which world leader, minus Havel in Ceck, is most likely 
>to read Pynchon? Does Clinton keep a copy in his footlocker? Mandela?
>Maybe Mary Robinson of Ireland? I like Mary Robinson. I think I may have 
>had a drink with her and Havel once, but that may have been a dream.
     
Vaclav Havel, man in Czech
His Velvet Gambit unnegated
But let's rattle our keys
In memory, please,
For Alex Dubcek, the man Czech mated
     
I don't think Globular Leader Bill reads anything much more complicated 
than money or a menu, but Muammar "Say it--don't spray it" Khaddaffi has 
been showing signs of a keen appreciation of the genre lately.
     
Wonder what _his_ bhang intake is...?
     
Harrison
     
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