Dowbrigade

As
the ratings have rolled in for the first three weeks of the new television
season, one question has dominated the conversations inside the industry’s
executive suites: what the heck is going on?
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The
108 bus - Malden Station, Lebanon St. - was a cacophony of idioms this
afternoon, carrying the Dowbrigade and a cohort of working-class
heroes home from the labor wars.  I
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Champaign,
Ill. — Your eyes play tricks. And your brain makes it worse. Both teenagers
and adults misjudge how much they pour into glasses. They will pour more
into short wide glasses than into [...]

WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - The Pentagon and White House on Wednesday
defended a memorandum from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to top defense
officials questioning progress in the war on terrorism and warning that
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A
conference in San Francisco next month addresses Blogging in Education.
Looks like an interesting lineup and some good sessions, from a cursory
perusal of the preliminary program.. Of course, the conference has a
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photo from Reuters (actually from a hair
show in Manila)

The American
Philosophical Association is the main professional
organization for philosophers in the United States. Their Web
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Calorie-packed
fast food encourages over-eating and weight gain because it is out of
step with human evolution, scientists have said.
"Since the dawn of agriculture, the systems regulating human appetite
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have concluded a secret
agreement on "nuclear cooperation" that will provide the
Saudis with nuclear-weapons technology in exchange for [...]