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		<title>Hail!&#8230;Scholes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Times:
The world has been introduced to the true face of Julius Caesar with the discovery in a river in southern France of a bust sculpted in the lifetime of the Roman leader&#8230;
As one Times commenter noted:
he looks like paul scholes.
One can see what he means.  But decide for yourself:  Caesar, and Scholes.
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caringly Tagged By Norwich Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, the fightback continues.  Number 10 press release, May 12:
&#8230;Speaking at the breakfast launch of a consultation document, the PM [Gordon Brown] said that Britain must &#8220;look again&#8221; at the future of social care for older people.
&#8230;Services should also be more reactive to personal needs, with more people being cared for in their own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Latest &#8220;Kennedy&#8221; Won&#8217;t Be Fondly Remembering West Virginia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Eleanor Roosevelt, John Kennedy, and the Election of 1960: A Project of The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, ed. by Allida Black, et al:

By May 1960, John F. Kennedy seemed to be the early favorite to win the Democratic presidential nomination, but Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, and Adlai Stevenson all remained strong potential rivals. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Hurry, throw something to them, they&#8217;re sharpening their pitchforks!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sky reports that in response to one uproar (only 4,257 to go), this Government is moving to see to it that . . .
Twenty-two million taxpayers will get an extra £120 a year as compensation for the abolition of the 10p starting rate of tax&#8230;
. . . for this year only.
Why does the mental image [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Set Upon In A Way No One Else Is?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters:
American films and TV dramas shot since the September 11 attacks have reinforced screen images of Arabs and Muslims as fanatics and villains, ingraining harmful stereotypes, argues an author on the subject.
In his book &#8220;Guilty &#8212; Hollywood&#8217;s Verdict on Arabs after 9/11&#8243;, Jack Shaheen praises some post-September 11 films for offering a more sympathetic image [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If Jane Wins A Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 18:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Like Jane Austen?  You might be interested in this:
Jane Austen&#8217;s Hampshire home, a popular museum, could be renovated and expanded if a lottery grant is awarded.
The full story is on BBC video, here:

BBC reports that Jane needs a grant.
Think about this, too. Considering all the money films of her books have made over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amidst The &#8220;Gaffes&#8221;, A &#8220;Thoughtful Speech&#8221; Is Located</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clive James, given a BBC platform to discuss American presidential-level &#8220;gaffes&#8221;, reminds us of some genuine howlers, like this famous one:
&#8230;President Eisenhower was already a victim of press precision when he was not yet even a candidate. He was still commander of Allied Forces in Europe when he addressed his troops thus: &#8220;Do not needlessly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They Are Small Enough To Easily Clean Roof Solar Panels</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We knew that there would be revamps after Labour&#8217;s recent local elections debacle.  However no one had imagined how radical and wide-ranging some new policy suggestions might be.   The Independent:
Teaching to national curriculum tests is ruining pupils&#8217; futures and leaving    them unprepared for the world of work, says a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Other Previously Unconsidered Research Possibilities Also Await</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters, reporting &#8220;the facts&#8221;:
Parliament on Monday will debate legislation allowing human-animal embryo research that scientists say could help treat conditions like Parkinson&#8217;s or multiple sclerosis but that opponents say is unethical&#8230;
Odd that Reuters chose not to phrase that instead more this way, but this blog will:
Parliament on Monday will debate legislation allowing human-animal embryo research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The most drastic step of all&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 07:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC reports:
Ministers have condemned Burma&#8217;s military rulers for their slow response to offers of international humanitarian aid since last weekend&#8217;s cyclone.
Foreign Secretary David Miliband accused the military junta of &#8220;malign neglect&#8221; and said he would be &#8220;amazed&#8221; if the death toll was under 100,000.
International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander said he had been &#8220;horrified&#8221; by [...]]]></description>
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