Re: CHAT: American vs European educational standards
From: | John Cowan <jcowan@...> |
Date: | Thursday, September 26, 2002, 12:12 |
BP Jonsson scripsit:
> Then of course there was and is the Capitol Hill in Rome!
The American Republic was, of course, consciously modeled on the Roman
one in many such ways, including calling the upper house of our legislature
the Senate, and even (etymologically correctly) setting a higher age
qualification than for the House.
--
John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com
"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants were standing
on my shoulders."
--Hal Abelson
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