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yellow roses
"George W. Bush is trying to rewrite the history of his and his family’s relationship with Enron Corp.’s disgraced former Chairman Kenneth Lay. So far, Bush has enjoyed fairly good success as the U.S. news media has largely accepted the White House spin."
full of sheet
"Bankers at Citigroup (news/quote), Credit Suisse First Boston and Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown found ways for Enron to remove lagging assets from its balance sheet by selling bonds backed by Enron's stock.
After hatching that idea, some of those bankers took it on the road and sold it to other corporations that wanted to make their financial statements look better, too."
memory challenged
"If campaign finance reform is enacted into law, I believe that you can thank President George W. Bush, because he changed the dynamic of how this phony debate has finally ended in Washington, D.C.," Fleischer said. "What I'm signaling is that the president wants to improve the system. I'm not indicating there's a blank check. I will never indicate before a vote is taken that the president will sign anything that's sent to him."
ugly china pattern
"BEIJING, Feb. 12 -- A religious rights group in the United States has published a set of internal Chinese government documents describing in remarkable detail the suppression of unauthorized religious groups, including efforts to crush underground Catholic churches, use of secret agents to infiltrate illegal Protestant congregations and orders for "forceful measures" against the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement."
maureen corps
"Aren't we supposed to be influencing the Saudis and other Middle Eastern countries in the direction of honesty and transparency? Instead, the vice president emulates his Saudi friends — operating with high-handed secrecy, plotting with cronies to develop a petrostate, and restricting the press — just as he did during Desert Storm."
watch out
"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington police are building what will be the nation's biggest network of surveillance cameras to monitor shopping areas, streets, monuments and other public places in the U.S. capital, a move that worries civil liberties groups, The Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday."
pazz dispenser
village voice pazz and jop 2001
ollie ollie oxen free
"Afghan Officials Expect Surrender of Top Taliban"
brownout
i didnt know ted turner was a brownie. smart thinking about that honorary degree. probably be worth $50 million when ted drops some serious cash on them. now that he doesnt have a job, shouldnt he run for office or something, or is that beneath captain outrageous?
thin ice
i was one of the many who thought those canadian skaters were robbed of the gold medal on monday. bob costas just said that the french judge (who was the only "western" judge to vote for the russian pair) traded their vote in exchange for a vote for a french pair of ice dancers later in the olympics.