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Donald Satz <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 13 May 1999 14:21:26 PDT
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Steve Schwartz wrote concerning Grainger:

>On the other hand, he transferred his cancer operation from the
>Mayo Clinic to Denmark, because he "had a horror of discovering a Jewish
>doctor working over me."  Anti-Semitism wasn't a motivating
>force in his life, as it certainly was with Wagner.

I don't know about that.  Switching a medical operation site by thousands
of miles because the doctor is jewish sounds like a strong motivating
factor to me.

>I suppose it comes down to the simple fact that Wagner was a son of a bitch
>and Grainger wasn't.

But he was a jerk.  The "Archie Bunkers" of the world can make for
interesting tv viewing, but they are "poison" in real life.

Don Satz
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