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L.A. Observed
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Gifting in L.A. private schools (Dec 01 2004 23:47 GMT) - In this week's New Yorker, Los Angeles-based staff writer Caitlin Flanagan ponders the ritual of giving presents to teachers for the holidays. Her vantage point is upper-income L.A. private schools, since she used to teach at Harvard-Westlake and, she writes, California public schools are among "the worst in the nation." The piece is not online, but here is an excerpt... |
The Road to Surfdom
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Home and away (Dec 01 2004 23:47 GMT) - Originally, we were due to leave America at the end of this year. That would've been an even three years. As it turns out, we'll be here until July next year, which means, amongst other things, that Noah will be... |
Elastico.net
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Según Wired, Groovy goes Modern (Dec 01 2004 23:46 GMT) - Nos preguntamos si los babosos que le echen mano a este invento del Laserpod le sacarán todo el partido que, acaso, se le puede exprimir a un laser rojo, un LED azul y un cristal que rota, callados salvo... |
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Meet the Landlord (Dec 01 2004 23:46 GMT) - (US) The hotel was seedy -- it was obvious to her that prostitutes used the place to turn tricks, and drug dealers operated nearly in the open. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme5(70%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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High Court Agrees to Block Religious Tea (Dec 01 2004 23:46 GMT) - (US) The Bush administration on Wednesday won a Supreme Court stay that blocks a New Mexico church from using hallucinogenic tea that the government contends is illegal and potentially dangerous. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(55%), $propaganda_theme3(55%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $drug_law(80%), $hallucinogen(100%), $cannabis(100%), $medical_cannabis(100%), $alcohol(50%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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Colombia's Congress to Let Uribe Run Again (Dec 01 2004 23:46 GMT) - (US) BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's Congress gave final approval to a bill to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for re-election, a move aimed at giving the hard-line leader more time to fight a leftist insurgency and drug trafficking. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(55%), $propaganda_theme1(55%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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Supreme Court blocks hallucinogenic tea in church (Dec 01 2004 23:46 GMT) - Supreme Court blocks hallucinogenic tea in church WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration on Wednesday won a Supreme Court stay that blocks a New Mexico church from using hallucinogenic tea that the government contends is illegal and potentially dangerous. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(55%), $propaganda_theme3(55%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $drug_law(80%), $hallucinogen(100%), $cannabis(100%), $medical_cannabis(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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