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Saturday, Feb 02, 2002

deans list

"Vice President Dick Cheney has thrown down the gauntlet. He has refused to give the General Accounting Office the very limited information they have requested about the work of his energy task force. (GAO, created in 1921 during the Harding Administration, has from its inception been an independent and nonpartisan agency of the Congress, charged with studying the programs and expenditures of the federal government.)"

hows 'bout now?

"Not only is the Friday-night "Now" far less ambitious than Mitchell first envisioned but the chaotic process by which it got on the air has alienated some public affairs producers and public TV stations--including Washington's WETA, New York's WNET and Boston's WGBH--whose leaders believe their ideas were shoved aside."

rocket from the...

cryptome
copvcia

my kingdom for a source

"Just off the path stands a massive stone gate that once marked the entrance to the city. A sign placed in front of it by Israeli tourist authorities reads "Solomonic gate, 970-930 B.C." Ussishkin looks at it and laughs. "This is nonsense, utter nonsense," he tells a visitor. "The gate is from 200 years later. Solomon must be turning in his grave." For the past several years, Ussishkin, along with fellow Tel Aviv University archaeologist Israel Finkelstein and Near Eastern historian Baruch Halpern of Pennsylvania State University, University Park, has been co-directing an extensive dig at Megiddo. And some of the findings have set off a battle among archaeologists working in Israel. At issue is whether the biblical picture of a major Israelite state in Palestine, founded by King David and greatly expanded by Solomon, reflects the historical reality of Israelite settlement in this region."

he aint heavy

talking points photo flack at flak.

close shave

"Live chickens slaughtered during opera"

hard drives

"i love it when you reformat my discs."

professional athletes always wanting more

"Although at least eight players from both teams said they didn't know about the $100,000 Super Bowl fine, they were happy to find out that they hadn't violated the rule. All but St. Louis Rams wide receiver Az-Zahir Hakim said the cost of the fine should deter any player from wearing an unlicensed hat in the future."

"I'll wear some company's hat as long as they pay my fine," Hakim said. "Plus a little bit more, of course."

pentangle

the connection radio show talks up shifting focus at the pentagon (and lots of cash) for new expensive toys.

selling short

harvard university (and its $20 billion endowment) may have benefited from insider knowledge involving enron.

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