[Ads-l] triumvirate

[Dan Goncharoff]

I thought they were Cruzus, Trumpey and Rubicon...
DanG


On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter
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> But nobody is Spartacus.
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> JL
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> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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>> > On Feb 3, 2016, at 7:44 AM, James A. Landau <JJJRLandau at NETSCAPE.COM> =
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>> > On our local public radio station (WHYY) yesterday afternoon:
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>> > "...the triumvirate of, or as I prefer to call it, the Cruz, Trump, =
>> and Rubio of..."
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>> > - Jim Landau
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>> The question is which one is Caesar, which one is Pompey, and especially =
>> which one is Crassus.  I guess maybe we'll learn the latter after New =
>> Hampshire.
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