HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: aaa@cbnews.cb.att.com (antoine.a.abboud)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Cheap Air Fares To Lebanon
Summary: $900 roundtrip
Date: 6 Nov 92 07:29:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnews.1992Nov6.072924.14258
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

If you're planning on traveling to Lebanon for the upcoming holidays
I thought I'd let you in on this:  I was able to land a $900 roundtrip
ticket to Beirut with Lina Makhlouf at "The Travel Corner" in Atlanta.
With nowadays fares in the $1400 range I thought it was a good deal.
Lina was very helpful in booking even with good airlines - mine was
British Airways.

If you're interested give Lina a call on  1-800-843-3214.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: hani@civil4.engin.umich.edu (Hani Abinassif)
Subject: Re: Name Calling (Re: reward)
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 92 22:47:57 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor
Originator: hani@civil4.engin.umich.edu


In article <Nov13.200545.56155@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>, bh437292@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Basil Hamdan) writes:


> _____________________________________________________________________
> 
> Quayle Quote of the Day :
> 
> I have made good judgments in the Past.
> I have made good judgments in the Future.
>                 -- Vice President Dan Quayle
> _____________________________________________________________________
> 
> lighten up guys.
> 
> Hani,
> 
> my .sig is better than your .sig 
> 
> Basil

Basil,
	Your .sig is a reminder of the only good thing about Clinton
winning the elections:-)  I heard that Indiana went for Bush just to
keep Quayle out of their state:-)

Anyway, I was not "LITMUS" testing anyone.  I just thought if everyone 
exercises his concern about this name calling, maybe it will cool off 
some heads:-)  I mean for almost a week or so all what we read is personal
exchanges which elieM stirred up.  Can't we hold a decent conversation
worthy of supposedly mature and intellectual people.  
-Hani

	 
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: ccav38@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("I.Ballouz")
Subject: Re: reward
Organization: University of Strathclyde
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 12:49:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.163747.15078@njitgw.njit.edu> elie@hdtv.njit.edu (Elie I. Mourad) writes:
>ccav38@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("I.Ballouz") writes:
>
>Elie replies:
>
>Hehehehe... I am Orthodox old chap! You lose again.
>You're just making a total fool out of yourself. (as usual)
>

Oh! Dear oh dear, that explaints it all:   An inferiority complex!

Why did not you say so from the beginning? Now, I can activate my KILL
file knowing that I finally found out what is wrong with you.


>[irrelevant material and insults deleted]
>
>Regards, Elie

***This is directed to ElieM only and not to all my Orthodox countrymen to
  whom I feel a great deal of respect and love.                           ***


-- 
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* IBRAHIM BALLOUZ            **           DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE          *
* ccav38@uk.ac.strath.ccsun  **  STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY GLASGOW SCOTLAND U.K. *
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: UPI
Subject: Exchange Rates
Reply-To: ayman@eecs.umich.edu
Organization: United Press International
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 02:33:08 GMT
X-Note: This article was automatically cross-posted to soc.culture.lebanon

[ Article cross-posted without permission ]

                      USD per LL      LL per USD
                      Fri     Thu     Fri     Thu

Lebanon pnd       .000512 .000512 1955.00 1955.00

Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: nabeel@sce.carleton.ca (Bulbul)
Subject: Re: Syria: Research center for torture.
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:50:46 GMT

elie@hdtv.njit.edu (Elie I. Mourad) writes:

>Amnesty International's "Torture in the Eighties" documents use of 
>torture in at least 66 countries, with allegations of torture in 
>six more. As just one example of man's inhumanity to man, AI's Nov. 
>1987 Report detailed the following torture methods used in Syria.

  wa na zjay fI shor.ti maSazjnI faKartoh .darabnI ** Duraid Lahham

   Once, Syrian intelligence officers asked one of their favourate
customers, "what sorts of torture did you try?" He said, "everything
except where the prisoner lies back and water drips onto the tip of
his nose, one boiling water drop followed by one freezing one, and so
on." The officer told him, "tonight you'll try it!"

   Also, Syrians were researching the chemical effects of acid on
human body long ago. I guess they reached an answer (it makes them
lose customers :-().

   I wish that God protects and guard Hafez Na'jeh as he protected
and guarded that interests of his people.


** biRO.h biDaM nafdIka yA .hAfez.
                               The Hypocrites

** kaNak nAwi t^a_THibnI ya dada .haD aLah baini w bainak
                                                   Samira Tawfiq

** al.hamdo liLAh inha lkahraba wi.slit la'afAye 'abil ma tO.sal
   .day^itna.
                                                   D. Lahham


Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: eliedw@hedda.uio.no (Elie Dib Wardini)
Subject: Re: Hariri's corporation
Organization: UiO
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 13:30:32 GMT

In article <1992Nov8.105038.20557@ccsun.strath.ac.uk> ccav38@ccsun.strath.ac.uk
("I.Ballouz") writes:

etc. etc.

>I am sorry to say that I feel that you had used the desire for change in order
>to wage the campaign of doubt and suspicion.
>>

just for the record, I don't care about Hariri and if I was enthusiastic about
see one person as Lebanon's savior earlier, I have long since repented!

I still maintain that we have to make up our minds on what we want:

1- how to curb corruption

2- who is going to be allowed to hold office in Lebanon

3- try to work out a plan for how we want Lebanon to be

etc. etc.


smear campains, doubting etc. etc. I don't even bother.

I love my country (as you do) but I have my own views on how it should be run.
I will present my views and tell you why, if some will question my motives, my
goals and aims then, what can I do? it is a free world.

>
>I. Ballouz


elie wardini
From: fhd@sheik.genrad.com (Fadi H. Daou)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: reward
Date: 9 Nov 1992 08:43:05 -0500
Organization: GenRad, Inc.
NNTP-Posting-Host: sheik.genrad.com
Summary: Reward

In article <1992Nov8.122516.21816@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>, ccav38@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("I.Ballouz") writes:
> ===============================================================================
>              rrrr     eeee   w   w   w    aaaaa    rrrr      ddd  
>              r   r    e       w     w     a   a    r   r     d   d
>              rrrr     eee     w  w  w     aaaaa    rrrr      d   d 
>              r   r    e        w   w      a   a    r   r     d   d
>              r    r   eeee     w   w      a   a    r    r    d d
> ===============================================================================
> 
> 
> 
>                          ~~~~~~   ~~~~~
>                         ~~   ~~~~   ~~~    ~
>                      ~~~~             ~ ~~ ~~
>                     ~~~                     ~~
>                     ~~~ o o o     o o o    ~~~
>                     ~~    oo       oo     ~~~
>                      ~         n          ~~
>                       s       n n        s
>                        s     mmmmm     s 
>                          s    mmm   s s
>                             sssss
>   
> 
>                  ======== Elie  Mourad ========
> 
> 
>   ========I pay 10000LL for any one who can keep this man silent.==========
> ===============================================================================
> -- 
> *******************************************************************************
> * IBRAHIM BALLOUZ            **           DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE          *
> * ccav38@uk.ac.strath.ccsun  **  STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY GLASGOW SCOTLAND U.K. *
> *******************************************************************************





 You very much remind me of the way the Iranian clergy wanted to silence
Sulman Rushdi for expressing his thoughts.

 If these are your views on communication, we will need a lot of luck to
rebuild our country.

 My reward is that you grow up.

Fadi Daou
From: ccav38@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("I.Ballouz")
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: reward
Date: 9 Nov 92 14:55:44 GMT
Organization: University of Strathclyde

In article <1dlpt9INN84@sheik.genrad.com> fhd@sheik.genrad.com (Fadi H. Daou) writes:
>In article <1992Nov8.122516.21816@ccsun.strath.ac.uk>, ccav38@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("I.Ballouz") writes:
>
> You very much remind me of the way the Iranian clergy wanted to silence
>Sulman Rushdi for expressing his thoughts.
>
> If these are your views on communication, we will need a lot of luck to
>rebuild our country.
>
Sure we need luck and plenty of it when we are endowed with abundance of mindful
guys like you who can not even distingiush between a joke and serious talk,
who can not even see that I was trying to inject some fun in the dialogue
between myself and ElieM after the exchange of flames.

And regarding communications, please do not flatter yourself. Since when 
blinded people like you had any success in building countries?
You tried to build one, and you had certainly succeeded in building a place
full of cemeteries and a country whose ideology had disappeared from the 
rest of the world two centuries ago. Don't try to rebuild again please.

> My reward is that you grow up.

Of course, you get your reward when I grow up, when I get old so you can go
back to your well known tradition in eliminating women, children and OLD
people.

>
>Fadi Daou

I. Ballouz

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* IBRAHIM BALLOUZ            **           DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE          *
* ccav38@uk.ac.strath.ccsun  **  STRATHCLYDE UNIVERSITY GLASGOW SCOTLAND U.K. *
*******************************************************************************
From: elie@hdtv.njit.edu (Elie I. Mourad)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Senators (Part II)
Date: 11 Nov 92 13:19:19 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.


More of the letters sent to CLAO's 3rd annual convention.

"Today's world is in a time of change - many nations are discovering 
peace in unprecendented ways. It is our hope that the Lebanese people
will soon find that same peace."
                                              Sen. Bob Graham

"Lebanese-Americans are an important component of the American
melting pot. The heritage of Lebanon has provided the United
States with a group of citizens rich in creativity, culture, warmth
and perseverance..."
                                              Sen. John Breaux

"As you seek to further the causes of democracy, freedom
and human rights in Lebanon, please know that you have my 
encouragement and support."
                                              Sen. Howard Heflin

"It is a basic right of all people to choose their own course and it 
is the obligation of every country to respect this right. For these
reasons I join you in calling for the immediate withdrawal of 
Syrian forces from Lebanon, and return to Lebanon of sovereignty
and democracy."
                                              Sen. Orrin G. Hatch

"Hafez al-Assad's reign and his occupation of Lebanon remain ominous
signs that tyranny still thrives in our rapidly changing world.
You may be assured however, that the plight of the Lebanon is not
lost on your representatives in Washington. Freedom cannot be
forever suppressed in such a great people. Hafez al Assad cannot 
hide from history. Like all tyrants, his day will come."
                                              Sen. John McCain

"If there is to be a "New World Order" the community of nations must decide 
how it will help to bring peace to states which have been torn
by ethnic conflict and which suffer the interference of aggressive
regimes like Hafez al Assad's Syria. Whether the world is
successful in assisting Lebanon will tell much about whether 
the decades to come will be chaotic and violent or ruled by law.
                                             Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan

"The tyranny of the Syrian government over the Lebanese people is a 
tragedy. That Syria should use Lebanon as a base for international
terrorist groups and for the cultivation of narcotic crops is a
further insult to Lebanese sovereignty."
                                            Sen. Paul Simon


(Press ElieM for more) :-)
From: elie@hdtv.njit.edu (Elie I. Mourad)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Re: Not worth my time (was Re: Hoss outstanding (was Re: Lebanon corporation?))
Date: 7 Nov 92 01:50:59 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

ccav38@ccsun.strath.ac.uk ("I.Ballouz") writes:

Do not interfere with my post, and I won't give any of what you called 
"nonesense".

Elie replies:

How old are you Mr. Ballouz ?
Elie.
From: jalil@gasface.UUCP (Jalil M. Farah)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
Subject: Test Post
Date: 8 Nov 1992 17:51:46 GMT
Organization: Computer Junkie


     Could someone please reply to this post if they see it in
soc.culture.lebanon.  This is a test and I need someone to tell me if they
saw it.  Thanx.

--

 Jalil Farah      |  Please forward mail to:
 Windsor, Ontario |                 cs.uwindsor.ca!jabba!gasface!jalil
 Canada           |
Newsgroups: soc.culture.lebanon
From: leung@DSG.Tandem.COM (Steven Leung)
Subject: Worker's Daily's article
Originator: leung@bittemple
Organization: Tandem Computers
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:44:08 GMT


This is in yesterday's CND:

===========================================================================
               * * *  C h i n a   N e w s   D i g e s t  * * *

                                (News Global)

                         Wednesday, November 11, 1992

[UPI, 11/10/1992] BEIJING -- China has stepped up its criticism of Patten's
proposals for democratic change in the territory Tuesday, accusing him of
"a politician's trickiness." In a signed commentary, the official Worker's
Daily blasted Patten for "breaking his promise," warning that the action
had provoked "a necessarily strong reaction from the Chinese side." " Ahead
of the British and Hong Kong government lie two roads, one is the road of
cooperation, the other the road of confrontation," the article said. "The
path of confrontation or cooperation will be determined by the British and
Hong Kong sides," it said.  (Forwarded by: a CND reader)
===========================================================================

I think there is something interesting here. On the HK issue, CG has long
been holding the attitude that it is an issue bet'n China and UK, and
they have ignored HK people all along. But the last sentence quoted by
this report of UPI is the first time I've seen HK side is taken by China
as a party with implied independent decision power. Of course, in view of
the nature of WD, it could just be the problem of "low political level" of
the little cardres there.

Steven
-- 
328. Seek opportunity, not security. ...
        - Life's Little Instruction Book by H. J. Brown, Jr.
From: u3516079@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Electronic Equipment Prices
Date: 12 Nov 92 14:35:59 +1100
Organization: The University of Melbourne

I'm travelling to Hong Kong next week from Australia.  I'm looking at buying a 
Video camera and was wondering how the price of electronic equipment compares 
with the prices here in Australia.  The model I'm looking at at the moment 
is the Sanyo TR805E.  If anyone had any experiences in this area it would be
very much appreciated.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: dawnray@pdx188 (Dawnray Yeung)
Subject: chinese word reader.
Organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:58:24 GMT

I was wondering how to obtain a free copy of Chinese word
reader so that I can read the Chinese news from my X xterminal.
This question probably got asked many times on the net. But
bear with me. Could somebody told me
1) how to get (ftp) the software
2) where to get (subscribe) the Hongkong news in Chinese text.
3) would the software be compilable for IBM's R6000 under MOTIF X.


thanks.
-- 

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From: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu (Kelvin Leung)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: cantonese songs
Date: 6 Nov 92 20:38:39 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

zhangn@columbine.egr.uh.edu (Zhang) writes:

>The only problem that I have is that I don't have an easy access to 
>a PC, so that I can not actually use the file described in the above
>ftp site.  Is there anywhere I can get ftp sites for the songs on
>NeXT?  Thanks in advance.

Try using "sox," a PD program which allows you to convert sound files.     

>jnz

Yours Sincerely,
Kelvin
e-mail: abs0@coos.dartmouth.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: hpang@engin.umich.edu (Ho Sun Pang)
Subject: Re: Vivian Chow
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 92 21:03:35 EST
Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor

In article <1992Nov8.174139.44528@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> nephilim@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>I am sorry for telling you that a lot of nice people in The university of
>Kansas.
>

Oh...  I am sorry if I did confuse you...  I have very respect to most
American universities, U. Kansas included.  I was just saying how could I give
it *even more* respect...

Regards,
- Louis



Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: cs921018@ariel.yorku.ca (NELSON A REATEGUI)
Subject: Re: cantonese songs
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 14:41:52 GMT

I downloaded the songs, and played them on Windows 3.1 with my
sound blaster...they sound pretty good....

My question is: how do i play them on the unix system?
 
                  
Nelson.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: zhangn@columbine.egr.uh.edu (Zhang)
Subject: Re: cantonese songs
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 16:16:19 GMT

In article <frankiel.7.721023636@extro.is.su.edu.au>  
frankiel@extro.is.su.edu.au (Frankie Lam) writes:
> In article <9231113.15665@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> william@natimuk.acci.com.au  
(William Lo) writes:
> 
> >For those who DON'T have a SUN, but DO have a PC and an audio sound  
card 
> >to play .wav files                                
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> No, you don't have to buy a sound card if you just want to listen songs
> under Windows 3.1. There is a PC internal speaker driver plays .wav  
files
> in resonably good quality. Today, I unload  
pub/pc/win3/sounds/cant_sng.zip
> from ftp.cica.indiana.edu (129.79.20.84) and it's real good. Be warned,
> the file size is about 900KB zipped (1.4MB unzipped) and contains 4
> songs (each about 40 seconds long).
> 
> Frankie Lam, Sydney University
> 

The only problem that I have is that I don't have an easy access to 
a PC, so that I can not actually use the file described in the above
ftp site.  Is there anywhere I can get ftp sites for the songs on
NeXT?  Thanks in advance.

jnz
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
From: CHUCYJ@UK.AC.BHAM.IBM3090
Subject: Re: The most terrible commercial
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 13:50:26 GMT
Organization: The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

>In article <83515@ut-emx.uucp> funnyfin@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu writes:
>>
>>	The most terrible commercial that I can remember and have seen so far
>>is that of an atheletic foot spray. Your TV screen will first of all show a
>>taxi waggling on the street at night. Then the screen will show an extremely
>>"Wui-Sor" (sorry I really don't know what's the word in English) turning back
>>to explain to his angry passengers that that happened because of his atheletic
>>foot. Those of you who never watch ATV in the afternoon will not have seen
>>this commercial because TVB thinks it is too cheap and does not want to
>>"pollute" its broadcast.
>
>  This is indeed an excellent commercial ... to make you laugh...
>  Ha ha... Thanks for reminding me this funny commercial. :-)
>
>  A similar one is the ad from "Ngoi Fu Kin" where Lo Hoi-Pang, in
>  his military suit, dancing on the floor complaining about his
>  itchy feet. This one was always followed by the "Black Cyclone
>  Insect Killer"... Strange correlation. :-)
>
>  Have a happy day,
>  leo.
>--
>  Leo WaiChung So               Internet : leoso@cs.arizona.edu
>  Department of Computer Science    UUCP : uunet!arizona!leoso
>  University of Arizona           Bitnet : leoso%cs.arizona.edu@arizona.bitnet
>  Tucson, AZ 85721, USA     Keep in Mind : "Look ahead, plan ahead, go ahead."
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------

How about that of 'Ho Wai Yim Ngan Shan', panning a 'huge' foreign lady from
the top with the background saying: 'Pretty!  Pretty!  Pretty!'  It's pretty
'impressive'....

And the advert of 'Chi Kam Dan' with Mr. Tsui Siu-Keung.  Strangely, when Mr.
Tsui used a bottle of CKD to hit the forehead of an 'assasin', the characters
of CKD are NOT the mirror image of that printed on the bottle.  I am involved
in research work in optics and I never figure out how this is possible...

I wish I can send these adverts to Mr. Clive James for his show.  After all,
he showed the earliest ETC advert with our Mr. Cheng Siu-Chou as an ancient
swordsman, fighting his enemies whilst 'darting' his ETC card into an ETC
machine........
Organization: Fifth yr. senior, Social & Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Date: Mon,  9 Nov 1992 16:24:19 -0500 
From: John Teng <jt2o+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: nephilim
	<9NOV199206103620@misvax.mis.arizona.edu>
Distribution: world,local


I'm deeply apologetic about my profane use of language. It's just that
little *&^$C^&*& pissed the hell out of me.  Just a momentary loss of
control, that's all.

Good day, all.
John
From: leoso@cs.arizona.edu (Leo WaiChung So)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: The commercial by KCR
Date: 9 Nov 92 23:39:33 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson

yuk@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Yuk Lun Chan) writes:
>
>I like this advertisement also. It is one of the best advert. I saw in Hong
>Kong. The worst was the Bass Brand ??? drugs (a japanese drugs I belive).
>It made me jumped from sitting.

  By the way, it is quite nice(!) to see our energetic Wu Fung to 
  dance in that commercial. That commercial at least makes you 
  remember (negatively? :) there is such a Brass Brand for diarrhea. 
  But whether we would buy is another issue. :)

  It is real fun to recite those silly commercial songs/scripts to 
  your friends whenever you're bored and sleepy, say, while debugging 
  together at 3am.

  Cheers,
  leo.
--
  Leo WaiChung So               Internet : leoso@cs.arizona.edu
  Department of Computer Science    UUCP : uunet!arizona!leoso
  University of Arizona           Bitnet : leoso%cs.arizona.edu@arizona.bitnet
  Tucson, AZ 85721, USA     Keep in Mind : "Look ahead, plan ahead, go ahead."
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