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    Thank you for that. I have always respected him for what he's done for human rights (and for having the…
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    • Abuse of prisoners is a matter referred to frequently in popular fiction (Andrew Vachss and John Grisham are just the…
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    • I think we would then find out how many people advocate torture out and out, and how many are willing…
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    • Therein of course lies the rub. A five-year downturn, say, in housing price might be insignificant for individuals on a…
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    • I'm sort of surprised that property markets have held up as long as they have. Irrational exuberance, anyone?
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    • I don't know if this is the same teacher story your friend meant or a different one. These kids used…
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    • This subject hit the radar in Germany for about a NY minute in 2003, when a study by the Statistisches…
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    • I've been living abroad for a good many years and for much of that time my only insight into what…
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    • The court-bashing schtick reminds me of one of Berlusconi's pastimes. Which makes me wonder if TomDe&Co. are not right this…
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    • What a horrible vindication of Eason Jordan.
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    • It's an interesting idea. However, I think it would be unprincipled to move to areas that couldn't sustain the growth.…
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    • As Herbert Bix illustrates in his biography, "Emperor Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan", the Showa Emperor was key…
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    • Tenet exhausted? I'm exhausted. They're all complicit. Frog-march the lot of them.
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    • I suspect that public transportation worthy of the name will prove to be a nonstarter in too many regions of…
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    • I seem to recall mention of an extension for Firefox that supports diary writing. Can someone point me in the…
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    • Margeret Thatcher, who IIRC managed to shore up her sagging political fortunes by kicking off a very jingoistic little war…
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    • to the "fair play" column. If photographic evidence of... I dunno, "abuse" sounds almost euphemistic here ... posted to a…
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    • Thanks for the awesome idea. This was a fun exercise!
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    • This is several quantum events farther away, but here goes: April 30, 1998 CLINTON RESIGNS, ACCUSES STARR In a dramatic…
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    • You're right about GMT of course. Universal time is better. The display prefs solve my problem just fine. They actually…
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