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WELL, THE SHORT ANSWER to my rhetorical question, did anybody notice the quadricentennial of the publication of Don Quijote, Part I, in 1605, is something like Oh boy, did they ever! (1) I have filled a total of twenty-five, count 'em, twenty-five 3 1/2 inch floppy disks with announcements and descriptions of quixotic celebrations all around the world that began in 2004 and are sputtering to an end in this room tonight. Many of these celebrations were pro-forma affairs in which small towns allover Spain paid homage to what everybody knew was a national treasure but nobody was quite sure why. As early as 2003, the mayor of El Toboso complained to the press that Dulcinea's hometown was being left out of the planning process. In 2004, two enterprising young men formed a company specialized in the repair of windmills and made a great deal with the regional government of Castilla-La in anticipation of the fourth centennial. One of the most productive local events was one that didn't happen.
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WELL, THE SHORT ANSWER to my rhetorical question, did anybody notice the quadricentennial of the publication of Don Quijote, Part I, in 1605, is something like Oh boy, did they ever! (1) I have filled a total of twenty-five, count 'em, twenty-five 3 1/2 inch floppy disks with announcements and descriptions of quixotic celebrations all around the world that began in 2004 and are sputtering to an end in this room tonight. Many of these celebrations were pro-forma affairs in which small towns allover Spain paid homage to what everybody knew was a national treasure but nobody was quite sure why. As early as 2003, the mayor of El Toboso complained to the press that Dulcinea's hometown was being left out of the planning process. In 2004, two enterprising young men formed a company specialized in the repair of windmills and made a great deal with the regional government of Castilla-La in anticipation of the fourth centennial. One of the most productive local events was one that didn't happen.
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