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|    Mike Powell to ALEXANDER KORYAGIN    |
|    Beauty and the Beast    |
|    20 Mar 21 09:56:00    |
      TZUTC: -0400       MSGID: 1609.englisht@1:2320/105 24bb3d13       REPLY: 327.fidonet_englisht@1:104/116 24ba37a0       PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/dcb003099 Dec 31 2020 GCC 7.5.0       TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/dcb003099 Dec 31 2020 GCC 7.5.0       BBSID: CAPCITY2       CHRS: ASCII 1       > So it could be simply "Beauty and Beast"?              I suspect that it is "Beauty and the Beast" because, when it comes to the       titles of books, songs, and other artworks in English, the leading "A" and       "The" articles often get dropped.              Also, she is a Beauty but the story does not imply that she is the only       Beauty that exists. On the other hand, The Beast is portrayed as a       singular individual. So he is the (one and only) Beast.                      * SLMR 2.1a * /////////// POLICE TAGLINE - DO NOT CROSS \\\\\\\\\\\\\       --- SBBSecho 3.12-Linux        * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 123 15/0 16/0 101 19/36 90/1 105/81 106/201 116/18 120/340       SEEN-BY: 123/130 131 140 129/305 153/7715 203/0 218/700 221/0 222/2       SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 702 229/101 424 426 664 700 1016 1017 230/150       SEEN-BY: 230/152 240/1120 2100 5138 5411 5824 5832 5853 249/206 317       SEEN-BY: 250/1 261/38 100 266/512 267/155 275/100 282/1038 1056 291/100       SEEN-BY: 291/111 317/3 320/119 219 319 322/0 757 340/400 341/66 342/200       SEEN-BY: 396/45 640/1321 712/848 801/161 189 2320/0 105 195 304 2454/119       SEEN-BY: 3634/12 5020/715 1042       PATH: 2320/105 261/38 320/219 240/5832 229/426           |
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