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Daily Archives: February 27, 2004
Eternal Egypt On-line
Besides Catapults, another of the Dowbrigade’s adolescent fascinations was Ancient Egypt. Today we tend to see Egypt as an interface between European Enlightenment and Deepest, Darkest Africa and a sort of Political Sphinx sitting in the Middle of the Middle … Continue reading
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Haiti Update: Chaos or Conspiracy?
The story from Haiti gets stranger and stranger. We still haven’t located any authentic Haitian bloggers. One interesting lead was John Engle, an American who WAS blogging from Haiti until Tuesday, when he and his family quite sensibly bailed. The … Continue reading
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Spacewalk Cut Short by Wardrobe Malfunction
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A riskier-than-usual space walk outside the International Space Station was cut short last night because of a malfunction that left one of the two crewmen with a warm, damp space suit. Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri made … Continue reading
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Last Teaching Day Before the Great Experiment
Finally, the day arrives! Parting is such sweet sorrow. The fates conspired to deliver a class for the record books this final, abbreviated six-week semester, one which we will not only not miss, but one which reminded us on multiple … Continue reading
Cheaper Than a Cat Scan
A security screener at Denver International Airport was reprimanded for sending his body through an X-ray machine. "The screener went through the X-ray machine voluntarily," Fierberg said. "I cannot ascribe any sort of motive to why anyone would do this." … Continue reading
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