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"Work is the curse of the drinking classes." - Happy Birthday, Oscar!
Posted by Lindsay Perigo on 10/16/2004, 3:30pm
Today, October 16 (US time) is Oscar Wilde's 150th birthday. Some of his bons mots: "I have nothing to declare except my genius." At the New York Custom House (1882) "A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her." The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) Chapter 15 "Only d...(Read more...)
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Donating a clunker won't be as good a deal after Jan. 1
Posted by Ethan Dawe on 10/14/2004, 11:45am
I think this comment from the article says a lot about our wonderful government. ...(Read more...)
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Creekstone Farms’ Beef with the USDA
Posted by Duncan Bayne on 10/11/2004, 5:53pm
Thinking of privately certifying your own food products? Think again - the Government and the interests it serves don't appreciate competition ... When was the last time you heard of a company suing the government for more regulation of their products? Begging to spend hundreds of millions more dollars on testing t...(Read more...)
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Written and sent to me by Robert Hessen
Posted by Barbara Branden on 10/09/2004, 4:57pm
In an exclusive interview with Dan Rather, scheduled to be shown this Sunday on "60 Minutes," Senator John Edwards will discuss his career plans if he and Senator John Kerry are not victorious on November 2. "I shall," Edwards tells Rather,"return to the practice of law, and I have chosen a high-...(Read more...)
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Has to be read to be believed . . . and even then . . .
Posted by Barbara Branden on 10/09/2004, 4:16pm
Still no votes in Leipzig US policy now affects every citizen on the planet. So we should all have a say in who gets to the White House. Jonathan Freedland Wednesday September 22, 2004 The Guardian There were few pleasures to be had following Bob Dole's doomed presidential campaign in 1996, but...(Read more...)
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The Buried Truth (Saddam's Nuclear Program)
Posted by Irfan Khawaja on 10/09/2004, 3:52pm
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More Acclaim For Mario Lanza!
Posted by Derek McGovern on 10/08/2004, 2:45am
"Mario Lanza is unique for pathos and emotional involvement in all categories of the musical form: ballad, song, operetta and grand opera. Mother Nature sensationally provided him with an extraordinary voice, a human machine capable of emitting sound effortlessly, supported by an exquisite colour, extension and powerfu...(Read more...)
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Mario Lanza: A Radical Reassessment, by Derek McGovern
Posted by Derek McGovern on 10/08/2004, 2:33am
Commemorating the 45th anniversary of the death of Mario Lanza, the prestigious opera site Grandi-Tenori.com presents a biography of the tenor and two outstanding recordings. (Read more...)
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is slpeling ipmorantt?
Posted by Barbara Branden on 10/07/2004, 9:42pm
Typoglycemia I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be...(Read more...)
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Should Michael Moore Be Prosecuted?
Posted by Irfan Khawaja on 10/07/2004, 2:59pm
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