Please don't shoot me for reentering such a touchy area but, I need comment on the following: "Politically Artois had only been French control for less than a century and a half and that period had ended 330 years previously." [context is a discussion of a 1569 tax roll of Artois]. I read this sentence and wondered whether the first 'had been' should have been 'was.' Scott Catledge To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/