Re: Just As True Today As It Was In 1779

"Keith Willshaw" <keithnospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "La N" <nilita2004NOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> For the wordsmiths of the group(s), what does it mean when something is

>> done in "Cromwellian" fa****on (apart from "in the manner of Cromwell").

>> I've seen Cromwell used adjectivally several times in various contexts.
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>> - nilita
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> My view is that means 'done with brutal, self righteous effiicency'
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> To Cromwell the ends always justified the means.
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I haven't had time to follow the thread closely, but are there any modern 
day Cromwells?

- nilita