Tag: random musings
member name: Christine Zibas
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December 09, 2006 12:51 AM EST --
The strangest part of this story is the fact that this is happening in the town I live in: Rockford, Illinois. We are located about a hour northwest of Chicago, population about 250,000. Today the breaking . . .
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January 01, 2007 02:56 PM EST --
Back on December 26, 2006, I started thinking about this topic. In the past, I've been much more environmentally aware, more involved. In my 20s, I interned with an environmental group in Washington, . . .
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November 30, 2006 12:30 AM EST --
The homeless have been under increasing scrutiny by communities who are tired of the negative side effects that accompany homeless populations: trespassing, lewd behavior, an increase in crime for residents . . .
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February 03, 2007 04:16 PM EST --
It seems clear that Congress will pass some sort of nonbinding resolution about the folly of sending more troops to Iraq. It's a good beginning, but for the Americans who voted the Democrats in as . . .
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November 28, 2006 12:37 AM EST --
It may seem positively Medieval, but Israel is determined to stop the infiltration of arms and militants across the Egyptian-Gaza border in its country. How? By building a 6-mile moat across its southern . . .
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February 21, 2007 02:31 PM EST --
In a report at the February annual meeting in San Francisco, California, of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Professor Jon Miller of Michigan State University noted that while Americans . . .
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November 19, 2006 12:03 PM EST --
Last month, the Chinese hosted a 3-day meeting with 48 African heads of state (out of a total of 53 African countries), the largest gathering of foreign leaders China has ever entertained. Why? Clearly . . .
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November 25, 2006 03:02 PM EST --
When every doorway in Iraq holds the potential for death and mayhem, soldiers learn to improvise to protect themselves. In this case, according to the latest issue of "Time" magazine, they have . . .
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November 30, 2006 12:05 AM EST --
Ok, it's a sensational title I'll admit, but according to "Newsweek,"
"The effort to restore the status of Pluto, the only planet discovered in America, is not coincidentally being . . .
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December 13, 2006 01:20 AM EST --
When the new Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi backed a losing candidate for House Majority Leader, the Republicans couldn't start crowing soon enough. Fox News jumped on the story, and the regular . . .
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November 22, 2006 01:42 AM EST --
I recently discovered the work of an amazing artist, David Fertig. Although he is a artist working today, he brilliantly captures the historical millieu of the Napoleonic era, particularly the period from . . .
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