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Saturday, Feb 02, 2002

professional athletes always wanting more

"Although at least eight players from both teams said they didn't know about the $100,000 Super Bowl fine, they were happy to find out that they hadn't violated the rule. All but St. Louis Rams wide receiver Az-Zahir Hakim said the cost of the fine should deter any player from wearing an unlicensed hat in the future."

"I'll wear some company's hat as long as they pay my fine," Hakim said. "Plus a little bit more, of course."

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pentangle

the connection radio show talks up shifting focus at the pentagon (and lots of cash) for new expensive toys.

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selling short

harvard university (and its $20 billion endowment) may have benefited from insider knowledge involving enron.

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roll out the lawsuit

'lets roll' now a matter of litigation. makes you feel good.

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Friday, Feb 01, 2002

inuition

atanarjuat

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kurzweilding

ray kurzweil -- accelerating intelligence

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frankie bones

"The Chairman of the Carlyle Group, Frank Carlucci, was not only a former Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration, but a Deputy Director of the CIA during the Carter Administration. In fact, Carlucci's career in Washington provides some insight into the intersection between foreign and domestic policy in the Cold War years. Moreover, Carlucci's particular trajectory through the government and into private industry reveals much about the meaning and influence of the military-industrial complex in the past and continuing policies of the United States at home and abroad."

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more and moore

"Today silicon is king. But if computers are going to keep up with Moore's law, they'll need something better."

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developing news

sci dev net

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get your war on

"Geraldo had to go all the way to Afghanistan to get lost in the "fog of war," and look how much that little episode cost all of us. If the self-hating self-promoter had really wanted to learn about confusion, at a more reasonable cost, he could have just stayed home and read the war blogs."

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