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The Dowbrigade has always been a sucker for the latest
thrill. Whenever it looks like the other kids are having more fun than
we are, we have to get in on the action. So we have been casting increasingly
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.
- Outsiders look at the GlobalFlyer, a single-seat airplane designed
to make the first solo, nonstop, unrefueled
flight around the world, and wonder how a pilot […]
In
a particularly disquieting development a local law firm here in the Boston
area has been implicated in a despicable practice which has been largely
overlooked by the American public and press. We are […]
We
have become obsessed with the idea of connecting a small digital video
camera directly to our ipod. This is not just because posting on the
topic allows us a chance to use these […]
London, Nov 26 : France is known as the cheese capital of
the world and Vieux Boulogne, a cheese made from cows’ milk and matured
by washing with beer has been declared France’s smelliest cheese by […]
It
is not only at the university level that foreign students are an endangered
species in the United States these days. That time-honored stable of
the 60’s and 70’s, the foreign exchange student, is […]
One of the things we learned on our recently completed
Great Experiment is that economic reality is like all other realities;
strictly local in jurisdiction. Comfortably deep in an Andean valley,
nestled beneath snow capped […]
As
prices for digital camcorders are finally falling near the Dowbrigade’s
reach, we have been comparing models and media. The main differentiation,
and sticking point, seems to be how they save the VERY LARGE […]
As
mentioned in the posting below, it is hard to predict what will open
the floodgates of memory. Some are fond and fulfilling
memories, making connections and explaining enigmas. Other’s make
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Memories swim up from the distant past at
the most unexpected moments. Recently we had cause to remember one of
the signature events of public education in grade schools around America
- the school […]
A
Dutch actress is to have x-rays of her breasts posted on her website to
prove they’re all natural.
Georgina Verbaan wants to disprove claims she’s had implants - and warns
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