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Subject: [Leica] OT - Pulitzer price winner of 1979 revealed
From: walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)
Date: Mon Dec 11 10:56:12 2006
References: <20061211121025.BYF00530@ms03.lnh.mail.rcn.net>

Well Larry, when you compare natures other gentle creatures with 
humankind things seem to make a bit more sense. Let's let those damn 
monkeys get to ripping.

larry.k@rcn.com wrote:

>  Ah yes, other animals, the sweet gentle creatures of nature. 
>
>  I'm reminded of the guy who kept a chimp as a pet. The chimp wounded the 
> man horribly, actually trying to remove the guy's testicles, not out of 
> meanness, just to keep the guy from mating with the chimp's female 
> friends. 
>
>  A whole new definition of the word "chimping".
>
>  I'll stick to highly evolved human animals, at least those highly evolved 
> human animals who exhibit the most intelligent capabilities of their 
> species.
>
>  Regards, 
>
>  Larry
>
>-----------------------------
>Yeah...older I get the more I just hang with animals!
>
>
>  
>
>>Montie
>>
>>The world is a beautiful place. Full of wonder and mystery. Just have to 
>>kill everybody to improve the neighborhood. :-)
>>
>>Montie wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Such a nice a nice world we live in ;-(
>>>Montie
>>>----------------
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Might be of interest for some Luggers: The iranian photographer 
>>>>Jahangir Razmi, anonymous winner of the 1979 Pulitzer award, had kept 
>>>>secret his identity since 1979, when he shot "one of the best news 
>>>>pictures ever" (Quote british photojournalist Tom Stoddard). Razmi 
>>>>has now been found and identified by a Wall Street Journal reporter, 
>>>>and agreed to accept the award.
>>>>
>>>>The awarded picture:
>>>>http://tinyurl.com/ymfclh
>>>>
>>>>english (Washington Post):
>>>>http://tinyurl.com/ykc2qr
>>>>
>>>>german (Der Spiegel)
>>>>http://tinyurl.com/yer97u
>>>>
>>>>Didier
>>>>        
>>>>
>
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