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Who Are We : The Challenges to America's National Identity (May 31 2004 05:31 GMT) - NYT SMEARS HUNTINGTON (AGAIN)Samuel Huntington's new book, Who Are We: The Challenges to American National Identity, was widely reviewed in the press prior to its release this month. A dubious honor, as it turns out. Huntington's critics, already outraged by his unapologetic discussion, in the March number of Foreign Policy, of Mexican immigration and America's historic, Anglo-Protestant culture, were intent on doing their worst. Foremost amongst these was Carlos Fuentes, a Mexican novelist a ... |
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ж”їжІ»еї«зґЂз™ѕз§‘ (May 31 2004 05:30 GMT) - dKosopedia: Welcome to the dKosopedia, a collaborative project of the DailyKos community to build a political encyclopedia. The dKosopedia effort was started in April of 2004 and currently consists of 677 articles. и¦Ѓз¶и·дёЂеЂ‹д»Ґж”їжІ»з‚єдё» |
Greenpeace Magazin Tagesthemen
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Tцpfer: «Revolution» bei Energie-Nutzung nцtig (May 31 2004 05:26 GMT) - Bonn (dpa) - Der Direktor des UN-Umweltprogramms (UNEP), Klaus Tцpfer, hat eine «Revolution» bei der weltweiten Energie-Nutzung gefordert. Dazu gehцrten auЯer einem sparsameren und effizienteren Gebrauch auch der verstдrkte Einsatz erneuerbarer Energien wie Sonne, Wind und Biomase, sagte Tцpfer am Montag in Bonn. Wichtig seien dabei insbesondere die kommunalen Regierungen, ... |
Postcards from Nowhere
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What Is Bravery? (May 31 2004 05:19 GMT) - Today is Memorial Day. On Friday Tom Hanks, an actor, opened the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. It was a glorious occassion by all accounts. On NPR they interviewed several veterans who were telling their stories for the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress. On television and in the newspaper there are accounts this weekend of "South Carolina's Bravest" followed by photos of young men and women who are serving in Iraq,... |
The American Mind
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Meow! (May 31 2004 05:10 GMT) - Okay, I lied. THIS is the last post of the night. Laurence fought a cat, and the cat won. "Infinitely... |
Something Happened Today...
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Raising Helen Review (May 31 2004 05:01 GMT) - I really enjoyed Raising Helen. Kate Hudson plays the spacy, cute, successful who's everyone's favorite aunt quite well. The women I went with (Kelly & Dawn) thought it was a little cheesy, but I disagree. And it was a good family movie, not sure what the rating was but if the kids are interested, take 'em. |
Tokyo Times
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Pokemon, and on... (May 31 2004 05:00 GMT) - For anybody who thought (or indeed hoped) that the Pokemon phenomenon was at long last drawing to a close, I suggest you think again. As it seems that the brightly coloured beasties are far from finished. Quite the opposite in... |
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Франция: в эти выходные самолеты-нарушители в небе Нормандии будут сбивать (May 31 2004 05:00 GMT) - Частные самолеты, которые нарушат воздушные границы Нормандии во время празднования 60-й годовщины высадки союзных войск в этом регионе 6 июня 1944 года, будут сбиты. Как заявляют французские власти, во время торжественных мероприятий будут соблюдаться беспрецедентные для Европы меры безопасности. Об этом сообщает The Daily Telegraph.Праздник по случаю шестидесятилетия высадки союзников в Нормандии пройдет в эти выходные. На них соберутся, как ожидается, главы 16 стран мира, включая президента России Владимира Путина, английскую королеву и президента США Джорджа Буша. |
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