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Would someone please give Jeff Zaslow a job? It's painful to read him.<br><br><a href=http://www.chicagomag.com/pressbox/110101pressbox.htm...
blanp
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Nov 1, 2001
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1651
Ugh. I presume Chicago magazine paid him by the word.<br><br>By the way, everyone, I found the debate on accent marks quite enlightening. I didn't realize my...
abbafan
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Nov 1, 2001
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1652
Didn't he leave out a big part of that business about the Ann Landers competition? Wasn't "All That Zazz" a co-winner with "Dear Diane" or something?...
wfwalsh
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Nov 2, 2001
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By David Espo<br>The Associated Press<br>WASHINGTON — The fear of anthrax spread to the Midwest on Thursday with a preliminary finding of contamination at...
FlaGator_
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Nov 2, 2001
1:55 am
1654
Well said, particularly the recognition that accents tend to fall away as a word is adopted into general English usage.<br><br>Specialty pubs should do as ...
dbaldu
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Nov 2, 2001
6:38 pm
1655
The U.S. military said anti-Taliban forces attacked Taliban tanks on horseback, showing how aggressive they were .... (Reuters)<br><br>***No information on the...
blanp
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Nov 8, 2001
1:18 am
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The U.S. military said anti-Taliban forces attacked Taliban tanks on horseback, showing how aggressive they were .... (Reuters)<br><br>**I didn't realize...
newsy001
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Nov 8, 2001
3:28 am
1657
&gt;&gt;Is "aggressive" the right word?<br>What about:<br>"delightfully traditional" (an old lady after a few sherries and a briefing on the situation)<br>"so...
motelfromhell
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Nov 8, 2001
7:55 am
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Mike Schneider<br>The Associated Press<br>ORLANDO, Fla. — Thanksgiving travel may not wind up being the turkey that everyone feared after ...
khasha77
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Nov 8, 2001
11:03 pm
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According to newspaper and wire reports this past week, the terrorists win if:<br><br>--People allow themselves to be afraid.<br>--The government creates ...
blanp
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Nov 9, 2001
1:56 am
1660
... if I don't get my medium-rare shell steak with roasted vegetables in the next 10 minutes.<br><br>(The Onion)...
wfwalsh
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Nov 9, 2001
2:00 am
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By Elizabeth Shogren<br>Los Angeles Times<br> WASHINGTON … First lady Laura Bush, sharing her experiences since Sept. 11 and the folk wisdom that has...
blanp
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Nov 9, 2001
2:05 am
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The FBI has launched an investigation, code-named "AMERITHRAX" to find those behind germ warfare attacks that killed four people over the past two...
IvanHomeless
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Nov 10, 2001
6:32 am
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&gt; The FBI has launched an investigation, code-named "AMERITHRAX"<br>&gt; to find those behind germ warfare attacks that killed four people over the<br>&gt; ...
FlaGator_
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Nov 10, 2001
6:46 am
1664
Launching an investigation! Why didn't I think of that?...
wfwalsh
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Nov 10, 2001
8:15 am
1665
Maybe they should have named it Operation WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE...
Agoofy12
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Nov 11, 2001
5:11 am
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Heard on TV tonight, re the NYC plane crash: "And of course, the irony is this comes exactly two months and one day after the Sept. 11 terrorist ...
FlaGator_
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Nov 13, 2001
5:55 am
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Did tragedy revisit the Queens area that many who died Sept. 11 called home, did an entirely new tragedy visit the area, or did a plane crash in an area where,...
blanp
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Nov 13, 2001
5:24 pm
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"I order you to completely obey your commanders and not to go hither and thither," AIP quoted Omar as saying to his troops in an address in the Pashto language...
blanp
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Nov 13, 2001
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WASHINGTON (AP)--Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Tuesday the best energy policy for the United States would rely on the operation of free markets...
blanp
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Nov 14, 2001
2:43 am
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Among the stories we won't find room for are those about how people in New York just know that the plane crash was no accident....
blanp
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Nov 15, 2001
1:25 am
1671
The hed says "Hero to tell "Rosie" her story" Should it be heroine, or does it matter?...
barrijay
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Nov 15, 2001
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I've recently been told not to use "big" words at my paper. I had a headline recently: "Korean talks founder" I was told I should not have used this because ...
barrijay
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Nov 15, 2001
5:46 pm
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barrijay wrote:<br><br>&gt; I've recently been told not to use "big" words at my paper. I had <br>&gt; a headline recently: "Korean talks founder" I was told I...
hoopnation
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Nov 15, 2001
5:59 pm
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barrijay wrote:<br><br>I've recently been told not to use "big" words at my paper. I had a headline recently: "Korean talks founder" I was told I should not ...
IvanHomeless
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Nov 15, 2001
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1675
&gt;&gt;I had a headline recently: "Korean talks founder" I was told I should not have used this because 95% of people don't know what this word ...
blanp
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Nov 15, 2001
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&gt;&gt;I had a headline recently: "Korean talks founder" I was told I should<br>&gt;&gt; not have used this because 95% of people don't know what this ...
FlaGator_
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Nov 15, 2001
8:29 pm
1677
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal AIDS prevention money is paying for workshops that encourage sexual activity and meet the legal definition of obscenity, government...
blanp
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Nov 15, 2001
10:50 pm
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&gt; ***Presented without irony.*** <br><br>But with tongues firmly in cheeks....
FlaGator_
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Nov 15, 2001
11:12 pm
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) - Hard times and a slump in foreign visitors since the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington have turned Elvis Presley Boulevard...
blanp
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Nov 16, 2001
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