This discovery compels Rank to tell his own version of his story, which he does in a string of e-mails to the writer (whose infrequent, apparently hostile replies go unseen).
During the first three months of 1688, hundreds of those asked the three questions who gave hostile replies were dismissed.
"How does it come out?" "Hostile," he replies.
"We're considering all the males in this district V.C., and the people as hostile civilians," he replied.
When someone told her that 'wage theft' is a hostile term, she replied, "Wage theft is a hostile act".
Although he began his first letter of protest to the LRB: "It is not my habit to reply to hostile reviews", this self-restraint is not uniform.
Asked why he chose to go to the United States when the American Government was hostile to him, General Castro replied: "I shall be pleased to get to know the United States and to live among a people, noble and generous, as are all peoples essentially industrious".
Asked how he felt about the hostile reaction from the spectators, Todt replied: "I am not really bothered.
"The most interesting replies have been the hostile ones, and yes, we're kind of asking for it by putting ourselves out there," says Mr. Pinello, producing a favorite.
(When asked why he was running, he replied, "Are you being hostile?") And they cite their desires to publicize their political agendas and to give voters who are disenchanted with the mainstream candidates an option.
