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A New York Times editorial
April 23, 2008 Editorial The Low Road to Victory The Pennsylvania campaign, which produced yet another inconclusive result on Tuesday, was even meaner, more vacuous, more desperate, and more filled with pandering than the mean, vacuous, desperate, pander-filled contests that preceded it. Voters are getting tired of it; it is demeaning the political process; and…
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'Digital Natives'
Peter Elliott, writing in the Wall Street Journal Europe, heralds a wondrous future of mobile communications and computing that would make up for the failure of the 3G mobile platform to catch on. Called 4G, this new platform will correct a lot of the errors of 3G as well as toast your bread and butter…
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Millions in Hunger
Food Crisis Is Depicted As ‘Silent Tsunami’ Sharp Price Hikes Leave Many Millions in Hunger By Kevin Sullivan Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, April 23, 2008; A01 LONDON, April 22 — More than 100 million people are being driven deeper into poverty by a “silent tsunami” of sharply rising food prices, which have sparked riots…
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Annie's Path to Victory
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She (Annie Oakley) wins
Hillary Clinton Pennsylvania Primary Victory Speech Barack Obama Post-Pennsylvania Primary Speech Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Another case of substance abuse
I cannot explain why this New York Times story got under my skin so. The Times basically celebrated flash over substance in choosing to focus on John King of CNN and his giant computer board that has dominated the cable news network’s coverage of the elections this year. The fact is that CNN is not…
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'The Lord's Prayer'
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Living and dying on these Jersey streets
On a New Jersey Block, a Second Bright Student Is Mourned By FERNANDA SANTOS and NATE SCHWEBER IRVINGTON, N.J. — Dolores Timmons watched as the woman who lived across the street paced the sidewalk for a good half hour under a scorching August heat, back and forth across the length of her front yard as…
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Rewind: 'We are the ones we've been waiting for'
Obama Draws Record Crowd in Philadelphia By Katharine Q. Seelye, April 19, 2008 PHILADELPHIA — Senator Barack Obama drew what may be his biggest crowd yet here Friday. His campaign, quoting Frank Friel, director of security at the Independence Visitor Center, pegged the number at 35,000. That would top the 29,000 who showed up in…
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'All by Myself'
(Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Hillary Rodham Clinton at the airport in Scranton, Pa., after a campaign rally on Monday, a day before the Pennsylvania primary. When I was young I never needed anyone And makin love was just for fun Those days are gone Livin alone I think of all the friends I’ve known But when…