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Tuesday, August 07, 2007

August 6 marked the 62d anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

where do I

put the accent—

Hiroshima

Anonymous said...: Profound!; 1:28 AM
Pat Paulk said...: Absolutely profound. One of your best!!; 6:23 AM
Gillena Cox said...: very nice or i could say ver ry nice

much love
gillena; 7:46 AM
polona said...: so much meaning in these few words... excellent!; 9:49 AM
Masago said...: Yes, profound, esp. as in Japanese each syllable is "accented" the same.; 12:01 PM
Masago said...: BTW, wasn't it August 6th?

http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/hiroshima.htm; 12:02 PM
Bill said...: Vaughn, you'd be surprised how often I don't know what day it is. But anyway I'm glad you picked up that point about pronunciation. Thanks, all.; 7:21 PM
baseball gods said...: Bill,

I really like this one. Very subtle and powerful.

kami; 9:33 AM
Bill said...: Your comment is deeply appreciated, kami.; 3:41 PM