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Amy ([personal profile] rowanberries) wrote2008-01-07 10:56 pm
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Back at Uni.

First day back was... long. Two hours dissertation tutoring, one hour running around the library for books, three hours Special Subject seminar, one hour reading, hour and a half's choir. I got in at twenty to nine, and dinner wasn't ready until quarter to ten. Excellent time-management, Amy. *Facepalm*

I'ma just eat chocolate and watch Taken tonight, I think.
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Re: complicated posting

[personal profile] gramarye1971 2008-01-11 09:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] rowanberries pointed out this post to me -- I thought I'd adjusted my settings to allow comments from non-friends, but it looks like my settings didn't take. ^^;;

Yep, I'm well aware that there were many reasons for the loss of the dollar reserves, such as the ones you mentioned above -- films were only a very small portion of the overall total. It's mostly that I'd never really considered the possibility that films could have been another source of concern, to the point where (IIRC) the Attlee Government tried to impose quotas on film imports from the States and encouraged the Ealing comedies and other British-made films of the day. Anything to keep a few thousands dollars in the reserves. It's these little aspects of history that make Hennessy's book so interesting -- which, again, was a significant part of why the stylistic issues bothered me so much.
Edited 2008-01-11 21:37 (UTC)

Re: complicated posting

[identity profile] devifemme.livejournal.com 2008-01-12 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks for the nice reply! Now, did you happen to check the "not-pedantic" part, my kinda-casual blog? And, if so, would you like to friend?