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girls who wear glasses
"Nowadays, they do. Whether it’s Ted Koppel being made by the Iranian hostage crisis or Arthur Kent turning into the “Scud Stud” during the Gulf War, historic news stories have become the journalistic fast track to celebrity. And this happens so routinely that the search for the new media star is automatically built into coverage of the events themselves. Within hours of the attack on the World Trade Center, you could already hear people asking, “Who’s going to be made by this one?"
making copy
Will the FBI's most-wanted terrorist have his place in Time as the magazine's Man of the Year?
rain or shine
weatherbug has been a good addition to my tray. real time temps.
partition of the problem
on this day -- un votes to partition palestine
The United Nations Partition Plan
the question of palestine -- un overview
relevant maps
you give me fever
"Ominous news from Pakistan and Iran indicate that at best a viral pandemic may be brewing among Afghan refugees, at worst that former Soviet biological weapons have possibly made their first appearance."
reform school
"Following through on promises to curb religious extremism in the region, Musharraf is expected in the next week or two to impose strict new rules on the madrassas, or Islamic academies, some of which have nurtured young holy warriors for recruitment into Afghanistan's Taliban."
a snowballs chance
history of snowball earth
headline of the day
Dwarf Makes Pitch To Legalize Tossing
now cough
BERLIN (Reuters) - The anthrax attacks in the United States were probably the work of a member of a U.S. biological warfare program, the magazine of environment pressure group Greenpeace Germany reported Wednesday.
din of history
OSLO (Reuters) - The Viking god Odin may have been a real king who lived in what is now southern Russia 2,000 years ago, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl said in a controversial new book on Thursday.