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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 10:21 AM
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Watching the wake and funeral today it is clear why the RW
has to work so hard at destroying the Kennedys. These little men and women with shriveled hearts and loud mouths can lie, vilify and attack but they will never, never be able to separate Ted, Bob and Jack from the love that America has for them, their entire family and what America still can be.
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Laelth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 10:26 AM
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1. Hear, hear! n/t
:dem:

-Laelth
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TheCowsCameHome Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 10:28 AM
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2. Their efforts willl never succeed.
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Dinger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 10:41 AM
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3. Rec #6 From Ding, And A Kick : )
:patriot:
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 02:50 PM
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10. Thank you, Dinger. n/t
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WinkyDink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 10:45 AM
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4. My good friend, a Republican, LOVES the Kennedys, and mourns the loss of John, Jr.
Edited on Sat Aug-29-09 10:45 AM by WinkyDink
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 10:59 AM
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5. And the Kennedys dared to put service to country ahead of their wealth.
Their choice to help others less fortunate flies in the face of all things the rabid right wing stand for.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 04:35 PM
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14. I think that is at the root of some but not all of the disproportianate
hatred for him. Like FDR, he was a traitor to his class. The thought that someone with wealth would actively seek to share it rather than horde it drives some plutocrats bat shit crazy.
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Mist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:18 AM
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6. Yes, the "shriveled hearts" (great phrase!) don't inspire love, which is why they deal in hate. nt
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:21 AM
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7. Well said and absolutely true. Thanks. n/t
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:53 AM
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8. We have the Kennedys, they have the Bush Crime Familiy....
It's no wonder the Right is jealous.
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krkaufman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 03:38 AM
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44. The Left inspires through hope, the Right controls through fear. n/t
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 12:40 PM
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9. I was watching the funeral and realizing how powerful love is.
We have that going for us and we can't can't lose if we don't let ourselves become small and bitter. The past few days have really brought home to me that I have not done enough for other people...significantly the people in my family. Senator Ted Kennedy can make us all such better people if we follow his principles. What a huge heart that guy had. He will be missed but his spirit is so strong, we will never, ever forget him.
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 01:13 AM
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43. Graywarrior, please post your post as a separate thread.
Edited on Sun Aug-30-09 01:14 AM by JDPriestly
I would like to recommend it.

Send me a private e-mail when you post it so that I can K&R it. Thanks.

Even if I am the only one to recommend it, I just think it deserves to be posted as a separate thread. Your sentiment is mine.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 07:38 AM
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52. Nah, I'm just one of many here.
I appreciate that you appreciate, however.
:hug:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 02:58 PM
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11. Oh man, I just watched Caroline's amazing tribute
to her Uncle Teddy and it was heart tugging!
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:26 PM
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20. Cha, it's almost alarming but nevertheless delightful how often you get
it right.

Agree 100%.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:59 PM
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21. Saltpoint, Caroline was so poignantly
eloquent when remembering her Uncle Teddy and so strong. What an inspriation she is.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:02 PM
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23. I love her. I learned from a thread on DU that Nikita Khrushchev gave
Caroline one of the puppies of one of the space dogs the Russians sent into orbit. I was charmed by that story.

I had read that she and her Uncle Ted were very close. It sure sounds like after hearing what she had to say today, and how beautifully she said it.

The woman is a class act from the word go.

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angee_is_mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 03:03 PM
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12. Damn toting!!!!
The Kennedy's are OUR family.
Doesn't matter if you a white Boston socialite, a black southern, working class woman, or that cop who is risking his/her life everyday, the Kennedy's are a part of all of us.
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 03:58 PM
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13. One of my favorite moments last night was so many Black
folks singing When Irish Eyes Are Smiling. And I agree completely with you, we are part of the Kennedy family, not by blood but by love, respect and commitment.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 05:19 PM
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15. I missed that.
Sounds like quite a moment. I hope it will be youtubed?

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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:05 PM
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16. Great post.
Agree. :thumbsup:
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:09 PM
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17. You know it. And they lost. n/t
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:12 PM
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18. Republicans are small people who seek only to destroy and demean. n/t
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chieftain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 04:33 PM
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54. Republicans are people who can't sleep at night because
they're scared that
someone,
somewhere,
some way will get
some of their precious money.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 06:23 PM
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19. Agree. No one named 'Bush' would elicit this depth of emotion and
gratitude, not only because the Kennedys have delivered on genuine public service for some decades, but also because the Bushes were ineffective administrators, shallow people, willfully disconnected from the public sector, whores for big business, and war mongers as well.


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cleveramerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:01 PM
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22. As a boston irish catholic democrat
They were neighbors and friends who happened to become wildly successful, tragically martyred, and much loved for their kind and generous spirit.
They never lost that spirit and they never lost our love, even today.
If Joe or Kara or Ted Jr. run for Teddy's seat, they become the automatic favorite to win.
I hope one does.
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phoenixriz Donating Member (147 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:25 PM
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24. As an Irish Catholic woman
I have lived through the deaths of John, Bobby and now Teddy and there has been much talk about our loss which indeed is great. But I look at all those Kennedy children and their numbers. I hope that more besides Patrick will pick up the flame and move it along. Literally by the size of their numbers they can go on, if they choose, forever. Rose Kennedy said "He who is given much, much is required"

I want to add an addition that when I think of them I have to include Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Fire1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 07:39 PM
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25. I wish Patrick could run for it. n/t
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Iwillnevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 08:28 PM
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26. Rec #62
Yes, and when you combine shriveled hearts with closed minds, well.....
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SusanaMontana41 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 08:35 PM
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27. Smiling for the first time today
Great post! Happy to K&R!
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Dystopian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 08:41 PM
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28. Thank you. KandR.
peace~
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 08:47 PM
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29. K&R!!!
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 08:55 PM
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30. Looking at the crowds along the routes, the spontaneous outpouring of genuine affection
and respect, Havocdad observed: "Hmm, all those people and no birthers."
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DrZeeLit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 08:58 PM
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31. shriveled hearts - perfect. I've been trying to think of just ONE bill the RW has written to
help PEOPLE. Not corporations.... plain ol' regular people.
I can think of NONE.

They hate Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. They take every opportunity to attempt a rollback of civil rights and equal rights legislation. They cut student loans and education funding.

But even with the cuts and the mean-spirits....

Have you ever heard of... or can you even think of... ONE BILL..... that they have brought forth to help average Americans? to improve life? to make the world a better place?


Anyone? Anyone?

Yeah, dead air here, too.
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 07:03 AM
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51. It boils down to one thing:
Democrats ask "will this help the common people?" first.

Republican ask "what's in it for MY people?" first and foremost.

Their minds only see governing as a board room and the only people they need to please are their HANDLERS.
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man4allcats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 09:12 PM
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32. Well said, good Sir. Well said.
K&R!

:kick:
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 09:21 PM
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33. An amazing family....and Teddy Kennedy has more than fulfilled his obligation
to his family and his country.

I heard to day that his name is on more than 1000 bills passed by Congress. There are very few who can be said
to have had a greater influence on our country during this century.
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 10:19 PM
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34. k and r
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liquid diamond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 10:34 PM
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35. No wonder there is no republican equivalent of Ted Kennedy...
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stlsaxman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 10:39 PM
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36. REC # 100! Correct, chieftain- clear as the azure sky of deepest Summer!
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-29-09 11:24 PM
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37. well
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VPStoltz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 12:00 AM
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38. I talked to my 88 year old mother today...
She's in a nursing home and really doesn't watch t.v.
She didn't know the Senator had passed.
She started talking about him and the Kennedys and added, "I think they were the greatest family America ever had."
She had out on the steps of my elementary school to encourage people to vote for JFK.
She loved them all.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 12:18 AM
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39. Exactly !!! - K & R !!!
:kick:
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 12:30 AM
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40. They are America's family.
:patriot:
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Joey Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 12:50 AM
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41. Great post! nt
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 12:52 AM
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42. When you look at all of the people that came out over the last few days to pay their respects to
Ted, one thing is for certain....

Their shrill voices and crude comments about the Kennedys never sunk in.

America LOVES that family and no unkind words or lies is ever going to be able to take that away.
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indimuse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 04:40 AM
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45. Indeed!
knr!
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 05:14 AM
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46. what kills me is
they're doing it even though they must know by now that Teddy was well respected by both Dems and repukes he worked with
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rucognizant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 05:59 AM
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47. The Elephant NOT in the room...............
Where was former Pres. g h w bush, yesterday? He is always at historic event such as this.
Has he become so infirm in the 2 1/2 months, since leaping out of an airplane to celebrate his birthday?
Or was it a calculated statement?
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bettyellen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 09:47 AM
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53. hell to the o, he was sitting next to Hilary at the funeral mass
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gademocrat7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 06:17 AM
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48. K & R
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 06:44 AM
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49. I get the same impression. nt
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life long demo Donating Member (116 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 06:53 AM
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50. HEAR, HEAR
Edited on Sun Aug-30-09 06:55 AM by life long demo
Listening to the words expressed over the last few days about the Kennedys, it makes it clear the differences between Liberal and Conservative. And if I may add, those conservatives who use God or Jesus or the bible as their shield against what they call Godless liberals, have neither God nor Jesus nor the bible in their heart. It's pure and simple selfishness and mean spiritedness.

Rest in peace Teddy, Bobby and John.
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