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1972
Apparently thinking his microphone was off and the interview over, Wisconsin Gov. Scott McCallum (left) called WJFW-TV reporter Matt Barrie a "dumb son of a...
blanp
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Feb 27, 2002
11:50 pm
1973
***OK, I think we've finally reached the bottom of the barrel of "Danny" Pearl tributes now that it's entered the totally imaginary phase. RIP.***<br><br>Al...
JJMoney62
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Feb 28, 2002
2:18 pm
1974
I saw this headline in one of the British tabloids about Israeli transsexual singer Dana International's early life a boy....
barrijay
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Feb 28, 2002
4:06 pm
1975
The Iditarod sled-dog race starts this weekend. Please be advised that its novelty wore off many years ago and therefore has no news value except in Alaska...
blanp
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Mar 1, 2002
12:58 am
1976
Fearless leader wrote:<br>*** The Iditarod sled-dog race starts this weekend. Please be advised that its novelty wore off many years ago and therefore has no...
newsy001
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Mar 1, 2002
4:29 am
1977
My point is that Iditarod stopped being interesting to the non-sled-dog public years ago. <br>It's a sport, of a sort. Put it in the sports section....
blanp
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Mar 1, 2002
7:07 am
1978
&gt; My point is that Iditarod stopped being <br>&gt; interesting to the non-sled-dog public years ago.<br>&gt; It's a sport, of a sort. Put it in the sports ...
FlaGator_
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Mar 1, 2002
7:41 am
1979
Please tell me that you're not saying NASCAR appears somewhere other than the sports section in your paper? Not that I really consider it much of a sport, ...
IvanHomeless
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Mar 1, 2002
9:13 am
1980
&gt; Please tell me that you're not saying NASCAR <br>&gt; appears somewhere other than the sports section<br>&gt; in your paper?<br><br>We're about xxx* miles...
FlaGator_
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Mar 1, 2002
5:17 pm
1981
&gt;&gt;Authorities say Bar-Jonah butchered the boy’s body, then cooked the child’s flesh into stews and other meals he served to unsuspecting ...
terencewalsh
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Mar 1, 2002
8:06 pm
1982
FlaGator_ wrote:<br><br>&gt; The opening of "Speedweeks" brings about<br>&gt; a week of A1 photos, usually accompanied<br>&gt; by a 45-60" column by what may...
abbafan
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Mar 1, 2002
9:29 pm
1983
And, of course, here in my part of the Midwest (I won't say where) it practically takes an act of God to get anything about NASCAR in the local paper. ...
majorbabs
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Mar 1, 2002
9:38 pm
1984
&gt; Is he really that bad? I can think of some serious competition for that honor from the ranks of two West Michigan papers alone.<br><br>Here's the lead ...
FlaGator_
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Mar 1, 2002
10:36 pm
1985
By DAVID BAUDER<br>AP Television Writer<br> NEW YORK (AP) … ABC's efforts to persuade David Letterman to switch networks could set up a classic struggle ...
blanp
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Mar 1, 2002
11:04 pm
1986
"Flashing through the late afternoon light on the high banking of Daytona International Speedway, the Winston Cup cars fly by like bright, kaleidoscopic sparks...
blanp
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Mar 2, 2002
2:04 am
1987
Ivan wrote: Please tell me that you're not saying NASCAR appears somewhere other than the sports section in your paper? Not that I really consider it much of a...
newsy001
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Mar 2, 2002
2:42 am
1988
Talk about timeliness: Where should this go?<br><br>BC-FL--APNewsAlert,&#61473;<br> HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Grand Am driver Jeff Clinton killed in practice at...
newsy001
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Mar 2, 2002
2:56 am
1989
1. Unless Jeff Clinton is a cultural icon, put him in sports where the people most likely to care will find it.<br><br>2. Put the National Journalism Awards in...
blanp
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Mar 2, 2002
3:03 am
1990
RE: <br>1. Unless Jeff Clinton is a cultural icon, put him in sports where the people most likely to care will find it.<br><br>2. Put the National Journalism...
newsy001
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Mar 2, 2002
3:26 am
1991
blanp wrote:<br>&gt; 2. Put the National Journalism Awards in the in-house newsletter, if anywhere.<br><br>While I might agree with you in principle, I have...
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Mar 2, 2002
3:59 am
1992
Dammit, Phil, if you're not going to do this anymore, then I will. At least this once; this ad's hard to resist:<br><br>EDITOR Live and work in Michigan's most...
abbafan
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Mar 4, 2002
5:35 am
1993
But if you want to live in the middle of nowhere (which would be nice right now), I can't think of a nice place to be.<br><br>*** Only those whose careers are ...
bill_pitcher
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Mar 5, 2002
5:04 am
1994
Michael E. Waller, publisher of the Baltimore Sun, counters the argument that you can’t make newspapers better by cutting their budgets by standing up for...
blanp
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Mar 5, 2002
1:25 pm
1995
bill_pitches said:<br><br>&gt; But if you want to live in the middle of<br>&gt; nowhere (which would be nice right now), I<br>&gt; can't think of a nice place ...
abbafan
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Mar 5, 2002
5:05 pm
1996
Space is tight, and there's a war going on. Please: No more Page One stories about Ted Koppel, and, certainly, none about Cokie Roberts....
blanp
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Mar 5, 2002
11:31 pm
1997
******Again, the forces of evil used goodness-seeking missiles to cut down only great soldiers, terrific fathers and loving husbands. Of all the relatives of...
blanp
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Mar 6, 2002
3:08 am
1998
have we truly migrated? or are we swimming around the same old lake?...
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1999
... lake? What an odd coincidence. On nearly the very day testycopyeditors.org is in business, this reappears out of the murk. No matter. We've moved to...
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2000
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blanp
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2005
Please take note: No new material is posted to this group. Testy Copy Editors is now located at http://testycopyeditors.org...
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