In article <nEFY8.63600$P%6.4263187 at news2.west.cox.net> "John Knight" <johnknight at usa.com> writes:
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<"Angilion" <angilion at ypical.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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<> On Mon, 15 Jul 2002 07:46:11 -0400, "Parse Tree" <parsetree at hotmail.com>
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<If feminazis didn't always dredge up Marie Curie from a century ago as an
<example of female intelligence, then this story about Hopper "inventing"
<[read: IMPROVING, in the English language, as noted above] MAY be credible.
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<But when they keep insisting that the wife of the recipient of half a Nobel
<Prize was the *inventor* of x-rays, all such stories must be taken with a
<grain of salt.
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<On top of that, Hopper's alleged accomplishment occurred during the era of
<affirmative action, which will taint ALL such claims.
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Really? When did "the era of affirmative action" arrive in Sweden,
John?
And of course it's just as easy -- easier -- to turn your argument
around and suspect that more than one woman was refused considertion
precisely because they were women. Bell and Meitner are two examples
who come to mind without even bothering to pick up a book.
-- cary
