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Thursday, Feb 21, 2002

end run

"Former Employee Says Enron Manipulated California Power Market"

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Wednesday, Feb 20, 2002

golden tablets

"Other states with high antidepressant use were Maine and Oregon. Utah's rate of antidepressant use was twice the rate of California and nearly three times the rates in New York and New Jersey, the study showed. "

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whats the matter

"Antimatter, the most elusive building block of the Universe, has been captured for the first time."

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cancel my subscription

be you patriot or multiculturalist, there is something here for almost everyone. i know sam adams is doubly proud to peddle suds and skin.

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lance armstrong

what frightens me most about this story is that he has $20 million to blow on a space jaunt.

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Tuesday, Feb 19, 2002

long view

"Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Copyright Extension Law"

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major amplitude

"The stock market is schizophrenic, tech investors are paralyzed and the publishing business is in its worst shape in years. Sounds like a great time to start a tech magazine, huh?

David Bunnell and Fred Davis think so. The tech publishing veterans have thrown sanity to the winds with the planned launch of Dig-It, which the duo call -- stop me if you've heard this one -- ``the Rolling Stone of tech.''

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group effort

"The "magic number" of people needed to create a viable population for multi-generational space travel has been calculated by researchers. It is about the size of a small village - 160. But with some social engineering it might even be possible to halve this to 80."

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strategic intelligence

"WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is developing plans to provide news items, possibly even false ones, to foreign media organizations as part of a new effort to influence public sentiment and policy makers in both friendly and unfriendly countries, military officials said."

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new cosmos

“Our readers are seeking emotional stability. We won’t make them feel guilty if they are not having a one-hour orgasm. Readers think women will have fewer partners and be less promiscuous. Cosmo girl is not a ‘ladette’, she is quite vulnerable emotionally and I will produce a ‘softer’ magazine.”

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