On 5/17/07, Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
On Wed, 16 May 2007, Charlotte Webb wrote:
Charlotte, in my view you'd be wrong. Paderewski was hugely and internationally famous as a pianist, whereas his fame as a Prime Minister of Poland is largely limited to Poland ...
'''Ronald Wilson Reagan''' ...
The United States is bigger and much more important in international politics than Poland, and being president of it is much more notable. President of the US and Prime Minister of Poland just don't produce equal amounts of fame.
If you look at the article for Grace Kelly, being an academy award winning actress is mentioned before being princess of Monaco.
Right on. After all, size is all that matters, and only the last few hundred years of history have any meaning.
KP