[Ads-l] polyglot

[Wilson Gray]

Merciful speed!

On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 8:23 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 'Assortment; collection'
>
> 2017 https://www.historynet.com/battle-films-a-new-brand-of-hero.htm
> The [GIs], for example, are a polyglot of different religions, class
> backgrounds, and ethnicities. One functions as comic relief. Another has a
> grudge against the leader from some previous encounter. Internal tensions
> lead to a crisis ....
>
> JL
>
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint to
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