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- Tried a new recipe today. It came out quite good. Oh, by the way. Today is the 1 year anniversary of the start of my diet. Mexican Casserole Serves 6 The Filling: |
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- FoxNews reporting breaking news that Marines of "a Marine division" (this is presumably a reference to I MEF) have been ordered to remove their chemical protective suits for the first time. NOTE: Obviously, this is in response to the weather... |
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- I thought it was spring, at least until I looked out the window and saw the snow falling. The weather... |
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- Fourteen years after she was raped and nearly beaten to death, the woman who became known as the Central Park jogger says she's not haunted by memories or visions of the attack but still has scars and difficulty focusing. |
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- "The modern personal computer came to life three decades ago this month when a group of Xerox Corp. engineers projected an image of Cookie Monster, the "Sesame Street" character, onto the screen of an unfinished machine known as the Alto..."... [Chris] |
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- Marine commanders of the division moving into Baghdad from the South today have ordered their troops to remove their chemical... |
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- Marine commanders of the division moving into Baghdad from the South today have ordered their troops to remove their chemical... |
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- Spring = insects. As least it does for those of us who live in the northern part of the US. Hrm, I dunno about Alaska. Ok, I know it's true for Maine, Pennyslvania, and Ohio since I've lived through spring... |
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- Nick Enright was an Australian playwright who was nominated for an Oscar in 1993 for his screenplay for "Lorenzo's Oil." |
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- Dr. Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter's ideas inspired the drawings of M. C. Escher and influenced the architecture of R. Buckminster Fuller. |
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- David Bloom, the co-anchor of the weekend edition of NBC's "Today" show, collapsed Sunday and died while covering the war in Iraq for the network. By Mary Williams Walsh. |
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- "Samurai Spirit," an exhibit at the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, Mass., chronicles five centuries of the Japanese warriors. By Lawrence Van Gelder. |
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- Two new real-estate-centric novels benefit from location when it comes to high-priced local color. By Janet Maslin. |
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- The American Film Institute has transformed an Art Deco theater in Silver Spring, Md., into a high-tech cinema showcase. By Todd S. Purdum. |
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- Bravo's docudrama centers itself on the heist of Munch's Expressionist masterpiece from Norway. Much like the painting, the film is a cliché. By Ralph Blumenthal. |
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- Jorn Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the Sydney Opera House in 1957, will receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2003. By Herbert Muschamp. |
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- The remarkable story of homeless teenager's acceptance into Harvard, as told by Lifetime, is a bland, modestly affecting exercise in moral uplift. By Emily Eakin. |
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- Some of Ernest Hemingway's intimate yet platonic letters to Marlene Dietrich been donated to the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum in Boston. By Robin Pogrebin. |
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- Eifman's "Who's Who" is a serious tale with a light touch, a story of two ballet dancers fleeing the Russian revolution in search of the American myth. By Anna Kisselgoff. |
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- Lynn Redgrave's performance of beatific obtuseness aside, Alan Bennett's characters seem impersonated, not incarnated, in this adaptation. By Ben Brantley. |
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- Plácido Domingo's vocal longevity at 62 continues to amaze, as proven in his performance as Parsifal at the Metropolitan Opera. By Anthony Tommasini. |
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- Sotheby's London is prepared to sell an original musical manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. By James R. Oestreich. |
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- The Rev. Tandy Sloan has presided over many a funeral and memorial service in Cleveland. But on Sunday, he wondered why his only child had to die in Iraq. By Jayson Blair. |
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- The Mount Sinai Medical Center has been bleeding tens of millions of dollars a year, and the death of a liver donor dealt a stinging blow to its reputation. By Alison Leigh Cowan. |
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- Two inventors have won a patent for a way to make the nation's Emergency Alert System operate more efficiently. By Sabra Chartrand. |
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- Many businesses are reducing travel in favor of virtual meetings because of the war in Iraq and concerns over the disease known as severe acute respiratory syndrome. By Jonathan D. Glater. |
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- Rupert Murdoch's stridently hawkish political views make his voice among the loudest in the international debate over the war with Iraq. By David D. Kirkpatrick. |
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- Several government agencies now can watch broadcasts of Al Jazeera while simultaneously receiving an English translation of the programming. By John Markoff. |
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- As global events become more uncertain and tumultuous, Global Business Network, a consulting firm, is helping executives prepare for various challenging situations. By Steve Lohr. |
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- At the Calvary United Methodist Church in the Bronx, feelings about the war easily intermingled with views of the president's religious convictions. By Daniel J. Wakin. |
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- Ten students from Queens, N.Y., participated in an art exhibit, "The Arabic Alphabet," which presents 28 Arabic words that are not terror-related. By Corey Kilgannon. |
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- David Bloom, the co-anchor of the weekend edition of NBC's "Today" show, collapsed Sunday and died while covering the war in Iraq for the network. By Mary Williams Walsh. |
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- North Korea said on Sunday that only by arming itself with a "tremendous military deterrent" could the country guarantee its security. By Howard W. French. |
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- Maybe I should sign up for the armed forces. It seems like a good time; I was considering doing it before I got fired. Sure, I'll make only a pittance, but I'll be able to give something back to my... |
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- United States near The Statutory Debt Limit In February, the United States federal debt reached its current statutory limit of $6.4 trillion. For now, the Treasury Department is taking the... |
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- Ralph Peters seems to be enjoying his daily column in the NY Post. Today he lashed out a little at... |
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- Lawrence Lessig reports that another influential figure in economics has questioned whether ever-expanding intellectual property is good for the economy, or for society generally: GREENspan points to the place in the middle. Thanks to Scott Lazerwith and Murry Chapman for sending along this bit of good news: |
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- Homeopathy fails in the UK again reports this weeks JREF Commentary. |
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- Cabinet-level talks aimed at reconciliation between North Korea and South Korea were canceled Monday after Pyongyang failed to confirm that the meetings would take place, South Korea's Unification Ministry said. |
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- "Gladiator" star Russell Crowe married girlfriend Danielle Spencer in a lavish ceremony in the family chapel at his country ranch on Monday, his 39th birthday. |
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- Pinnacle ships new consumer audio software [via Designtechnica News] |
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- i have some questions:when signing sports teams:do you finger spell the state / citie aswell as the name of the teamexample:Washington Senators |
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- British forces launched major attacks in the city of Basra. BBC News has this report. |
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- It's wicked cold here in Chicago. Currently it's 36 degrees and there's talk of snow tonight. That might spoil the... |
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- All Your Iraq Are Belong to U.S. Bomb Iraq... |
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- Hatred of the Jews is becoming more and more common within today's Left, as Maloney's "Peace, Love and Anti-Semitism" video so brilliantly demonstrates. Welcome to the 21st century. The best golfer is black, the best rapper is white... and the best guerilla political video comes from the center-right. |
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- Fox News has been showing footage over the past hour of a possible drone over Baghdad. Their Sky sources believe... |
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- Fox News has been showing footage over the past hour of a possible drone over Baghdad. Their Sky sources believe... |
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Cranky. (Apr 07 2003 04:51 GMT) - Boo - 31 weeks, 4 days Days to go - 59 I'm feeling really under the weather today. Not only am I convinced that I'm getting a cold (or SARS, maybe?), but I haven't been sleeping well at all and... |
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- CircuitCity.com - Siemens SpeedStream PCI 10/100 Ethernet Card Free After Rebates. Circuit City has the Siemens SpeedStream PCI 10/100 Ethernet Card |
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