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Tuesday, Jan 08, 2002

air forced chic

"She was a champion triathlete. She had a master's degree in public policy from Harvard, and she'd been a White House Fellows finalist. She had patrolled the no-fly zone over Iraq and would later direct search-and-rescue missions inside Afghanistan.

She was quite a success story for the modern military, which had worked hard to knock down barriers to female achievement.

Then she landed at Prince Sultan Air Force Base in Saudi Arabia in November of 2000."

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keyed up

Former conservative presidential candidate Alan Keyes will join MSNBC's primetime lineup as host of a live one-hour commentary show.

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unhappy meal

wendys owner dave thomas has "bought the franchise."

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sweet ambrosia

one of americas foremost mythmakers is caught with his quill in someone elses inkwell. and not just once. and the weekly standard blew the whistle on one of their own. bless their hearts. i wonder what they are saying about enron?

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Monday, Jan 07, 2002

wake up calling

Why militant Islamicists in Central Asia aren't going to go away.

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frahm game

art frahm: the effect of celery on loose elastic

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Sunday, Jan 06, 2002

jeep ad with deer

saw a strange commercial yesterday for some jeep product. a jeep is festooned with what we assume are two deer taken down by a hunter. as the jeep winds its way through the woods, other hunters crane their necks in awe at the vehicle and its bloody haul. but once out of view of the hunters the driver gets out of the car and unties the deer and releases them. he hadnt killed them, he was trying to save them. i guess in this fantastic world the hunters dont move and the deer will understand not to go back into the woods. very odd, even stranger that it was aired during a football game. isnt that the last refuge for redmeat eaters? next youll be telling me that having cheerleaders is sexist. here is where you cant see it.

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Friday, Jan 04, 2002

in it to win it

Is There an Islamic Problem?
Beyond Jihad Vs. McWorld
the making of a hawk
Listening to Our Inner Ashcroft
Will the New World Order Rest Solely on American Might?

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eminence gris

the ny times moves ahead with its new building project on 8th avenue.

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prow voyager

Freedom Ship today exists only on paper. But some 3,000 families and businesses have already signed on to live and work on it. When it does launch, in 2006, this leviathan of comfortable living will travel a lazy circuit around the world every two years.

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