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There are limits, even for a feminist babe. Naomi Wolf, with her lustrous dark hair, clear blue eyes and perfect white teeth, is more than happy to pose for the cameras, smiling and wearing more than a hint of make-up. But she doesn’t do coy. "No, I can’t do that," she says firmly as our photographer asks her to pose with the sort of head-tilt that could, if one wasn’t careful, spill over into coquettish territory. "It’s a little coy." Wolf can’t be too careful. The US writer who brought us the best-seller The Beauty Myth has been pilloried ...
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POLL ANALYSES September 6, 2001 Bush Job Approval Remains Steady in Mid-50% Range Fifty-five percent is average job approval rating across time, but majority of presidents since World War II had higher ratings at this point in their first term by Joseph Carroll GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- President George W. Bush’s approval ratings have been remarkably stable since early July, with between 55% and 57% of the American public approving of the way he is handling his job as president in six separate measures. Bush’s approval rating is 55% in Gallup’s most recent survey, conducted August 24-26. The ...
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Saturday, 8 September, 2001, 13:43 GMT 14:43 UK Religious violence explodes in Nigeria Nigerian authorities have imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the central town of Jos after religious violence left many dead. Fighting between Christians and Muslims broke out near a mosque before Friday night prayers and quickly spread through the town, witnesses said. No official death toll was available, but several witnesses reported seeing dead bodies left on the street. There were also reports of victims having their eyes gouged out and of Christian vigilante groups armed with axes patrolling the town. Jos has largely been spared the religious ...
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INSTALLING LOVE Technician: Yes, Ma'am, how can I help you today? User: Well, after much consideration, I've decided to install Love. Can you guide me through the process? Technician: Yes, I can help you. Are you ready to proceed? User: Well, I'm not very technical, but I think I'm ready to install now. What do I do first? Technician: The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART ma'am? User: Yes I have, but there are several other programs running right now. Is it okay to install while they are running? Technician: What programs are running ...
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Saturday, 8 September, 2001, 12:01 GMT 13:01 UK Australia halts refugee boat The Manoora is on her way to Papua New Guinea Australia's navy has intercepted a boat carrying more than 200 asylum seekers off its north-west coast. "" At no stage did this latest vessel reach Australian territorial waters. As a result questions of application for asylum status do not arise The migrants were taken off their boat on Friday night and put on the HMAS Manoora, the Australian troop ship already carrying more than 400 mainly Afghan asylum seekers involved in a diplomatic stand-off near Christmas Island. Prime ...
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<p>Kudos to the Bush administration and Secretary of State Colin Powell for taking a principled and courageous stand in withdrawing from the United Nations World Conference Against Racism.</p>
<p>This widely celebrated gathering in Durban, South Africa, was ostensibly convened to celebrate tolerance and diversity, but instead became a platform for the dissemination of anti-Israeli and anti-American propaganda.</p>
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The Retreat Of Common Sense by Roland Watson So, the Scottish Justice Minister is to propose a ban on corporal punishment of children under three years old. All going well (or rather badly), this half-baked proposal will become law throughout Scotland next year. Let?s get this straight; if you smack your two year old after this law is put on the statute books next year, then you are a criminal in your own household. Something else smacks here, it just smacks of a plain lack of common sense and, like Mr. Bumble, I?ll say that the law is a ...
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Brussels is resorting to a stealth procedure to create a powerful new agency, circumventing the veto of member states and taking over more of Britain's regulatory apparatus. The proposed European Aviation Safety Authority will regulate airport operations, as well as design, production, and operation of aircraft. It will have investigative powers and an L18 million budget. A related scheme, the Single European Sky, is intended to establish a European Union air safety control body, overseeing British air traffic services even after part-privatisation. The idea is to turn EASA into a direct counterpart of the US Federal Aviation Authority. It is ...
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ATF leader Buford retires after 25 years enforcing law ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE John W. "Bill" Buford, a fixture in the Arkansas law enforcement community for the past quarter century, retired last week as resident agent in charge of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in Arkansas. During Buford's tenure in Arkansas, he investigated numerous high-profile cases and was seriously injured in the 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian religious compound in Waco, Texas. In June, he was awarded the ATF's prestigious James E. Little "Concern for People" award at a Washington, D.C., ceremony, where he was cited ...
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A drunken elk staggering across a main road caused traffic chaos in Sweden.The young elk had eaten too many fermented apples and was almost too drunk to walk. It caused snarl ups on the road between Gothenburg and Hallingsjo.It then collapsed into a stream and had to be rescued by police. They ushered it into a nearby forest where it sobered up.A local wildlife authority said the calf was most likely a twin and that's why the mother did not respond to its distress calls.A police spokesman told Swedish newspaper, Goteborgs Post: "It was incredibly cute!"Copyright © 2001 Ananova Ltd
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Source: Direct Submission Organization: Lashkar-e-Taiba Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 19:27:33 +0500 Title: [Taiba-Bulletin] Taiba Bulletin TEXT: IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,THE MOST MERCIFUL,THE MOST BENEFICENT. TAIBA BULLETIN Lahore Pakistan, September 6, 2001 * FIDAYEEN DESTROY HUGE ARMY ORDNANCE DEPOT IN INDIAN HELD KASHMIR. * 46 INDIAN TROOPS KILLED IN CLASHES. * INDIAN SOLDIERS ARE LEAVING THEIR CAMPS FOR FEAR OF LASHKAR-E-TAIBA FIDAYEEN ATTACK. ATROCITIES: Indian army has claimed to have gunned down 163 Mujahideen during the past 2 months. Jihad media has totally rejected this claim saying most of the martyrs belong to the civilian Population. Mujahideen shot dead ...
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<p>A year ago, then-Sen. John Ashcroft had an official campaign Web site where he espoused his views and his "Missouri Values" theme.</p>
<p>Now, that same site is a portal to a pornographic site that repeatedly blasts raunchy images -- even after the viewer attempts to log off.</p>
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LET THE WATER FLOW! "The rights of man come not from the generosity of the statebut from the hand of God." President John F. Kennedy--Inaugural Address Free Republic has a rich history of activism -- we pull together when the going gets rough, and we're making headway! On behalf of Jim Robinson, who has so kindly consented to authorize this thread for the Breaking News category, I would like to invite you all to take five minutes from your very busy lives and make a phone call, send a fax or write an e-mail. If you would like to ...
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<p>It's the first day of school for teacher Joby Dupree, but she already knows her students very well. The pupils — 12-year-old Sydney and 11-year-old twins Phillip and Andrew — are Dupree's children. She has been teaching them at home for the past seven years.</p>
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Florida lawyers look to Bush for jobs By Kathryn Quigley / Cox News Service 06-18-01 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- George W. Bush needed the help of dozens of Florida lawyers to win the president's job. Now dozens of Florida lawyers need Bush's help to win jobs as federal judges or U.S. attorneys. Thirty-five lawyers and judges, including a half dozen from Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast, are applying for one of two federal judge openings in South Florida. A former Palm Beach County state attorney is vying to become U.S. attorney in North Florida, the top federal ...
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> CONGRESS BACK-> SENATE ACTION LIKELY NEXT WEEK> > With both chambers of Congress now back in full swing, the pro-gun > community needs to continue expressing its concerns to federal > lawmakers, particularly those in the U.S. Senate, about threats to > our Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The Senate will soon take up the > Commerce-Justice- State (CJS) Appropriations Bill, which could be > brought to the floor for consideration as soon as this coming > Monday. While the bill in its current form contains no anti-gun > provisions, it is very likely that anti-gun extremists will ...
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<p>Washington -- Congressional leaders floated a proposal yesterday for millions of undocumented immigrants to earn by their actions the right to stay in the United States.</p>
<p>The idea of a "phased legalization" would allow the estimated 6 million to 8 million undocumented immigrants to qualify for legal residency by, for example, working at a steady job and paying taxes, taking English language classes and improving their education.</p>
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<p>Sounding like a candidate for political office, former Attorney General Janet Reno encouraged some 900 female lawyers Wednesday to use the law and the courts to better the lot of women and children.</p>
<p>"We can make a difference," Reno, who is running for governor of Florida, told the California Women Lawyers dinner Wednesday night at the Anaheim Hilton Hotel & Towers.</p>
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MILNOR, N.D. -- Parker Sebens plays as if he always played this way, as if he always lived a life without arms. The 4-year-old moves his feet among the Legos, toy cars and plastic dinosaurs littering the family room floor around him. He squeezes Chewbacca and Darth Maul between his feet, then holds the Star Wars figures in a midair wrestling match. A landspeeder gets a push. A horned dinosaur is grasped and dropped. Later, sitting on the kitchen floor, he picks up a tipped monster with his feet and stands it up. "I know how to set this guy ...
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Welcome to FReeoples Bar & Grill This thread began in the summer of 2001 when a group of aggrieved refugees set sail from their old home and washed ashore here at Free Republic, the Ellis Island of cyberspace for those who truly cherish the Constitution. But what began as a mere port-of-entry has since evolved, thanks to the hands extended by so many veteran FReepers, into a true FRiendship Society. Yet immigrants everywhere must soon find a niche from which to develop as citizens. And so it seemed only natural that we should delve into entrepreneurship by opening the ...
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