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From: calvin <cri...@windstream.net>
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Subject: Re: Atlas Shrugged, Part II - 73 days
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:14:08 -0700 (PDT)
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On Aug 3, 6:07=A0pm, nick <leftbehindbythetalk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 3, 12:11=A0am, calvin <cri...@windstream.net> wrote:
> > On Aug 2, 8:10=A0pm, nick <leftbehindbythetalk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > ... Unlike Rand, F. Scott Fitzgerald doesn't need the political
> > > noise machine to promote his work.
>
> > If you're just talking about sales, I think Rand has
> > Fitzgerald beat.
>
> Justin Bieber's sales beat the Velvet Underground's. =A0And the point
> is . . . ?

You were talking about 'need to promote work' and if you
were just talking about sales, Rand needed it less than
Fitzgerald.  I made no claim or assumption about
relative quality of work.