Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 12:11:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott McLemee <mclemee-AT-igc.apc.org>
Subject: Re: M-I: The former Soviet Union: what went wrong?


On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, hariette spierings wrote:

> 
> Let me try for the 5 credits answer which I know for sure, Scott!
> 
> A garbanzo is a chick-pea.  
> 
> 
> Adolfo
> 

Correct!  My best guess is that the poet is referring to chick-peas sold 
at Communist Party meetings in local neighborhoods, for bingo games most 
likely.  In the midst of a lot of noise and anger on this list lately, I 
would like once again like to indicate that as something as worthy as 
good polemical skills:  moments of peace among people who are at some 
level more in agreement with each other than they are in disagreement.  
Thinking this makes me Menshevik?  Okay.


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