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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... temerarious \tem-uh-RAIR-ee-us\, adjective: temerariously; adverb temerariousness; noun 1. Recklessly or presumptuously daring; rash. 2. Unreasonably adventurous; despising danger; rash; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless I have confessed myself a temerarious theologian, and in that...

An entire generation of golfers, the tiger-maniacs and sergio-philes, does not know the sound of wooden club hitting ball. For them, golf is defined by the tinny plinks, clanks and plonks of titanium-reinforced steel meeting plastic. Even the larger body of golfers has forgotten what it is like to try and strike a ball with a hickory-shafted club, or to find a green with an odd assortment of spoons, cleeks or niblicks to putt on shaggy greens with wooden-headed mallets or to suffer the ignominy of a stymie. Steel-shafted golf clubs were approved as legal tender by the U.S. Golf...

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Occupied Jerusalem - Hamas on Monday vowed to keep up the struggle against Israeli Nazism despite American collusion with it, Islamic sources in the West Bank said. "we have no choice but to continue the struggle against Israeli-Jewish Nazism. We are sure that the whole world understands the perils of Jewish Nazism which is much more dangerous and much more deadly than German Nazism," said Yousef Ibrahim, an Islamic spokesman in Bethlehem. "A nuclear Israel is out there to commit a great genocide. They think that killing millions of goyem (non-Jews) would accelerate the coming of the Messiah. The world...

R eading the New York Times coverage of the school-choice decision, I noticed something striking, and fortuitous. Recall, first, a couple of facts: that the teachers’ unions, leftists, and Democrats generally continually portray the school-choice movement as “far right”; and that increasingly important to that movement are black activists, particularly single moms. This embarrasses the Democrats — or should.So, on one page of Friday’s Times, there was this (fairly typical) quote from Bruce Reed, president of the Democratic Leadership Council: “This decision is going to make it impossible for President Bush to hold off the far right any longer.”...

Editor's Note: As the Fourth of July approaches, three Fort Leonard Wood soldiers explain what it¹s like to be in the military post-Sept. 11. I gave up my freedom to protect yours What does it mean to be in the military and to serve my country? It means sacrifice. Since I began my adventure with the Marine Corps in January, I’ve sacrificed many things. The most important is my freedom. I’ve sacrificed a lot of freedom to become one of the few, and my girlfriend keeps asking if it’s worth it for someone who holds it so dearly to give...

UN staff are biggest users of prostitutes EXCLUSIVE By Magin McKenna International peace keepers with big pay checks in their pockets and time on their hands keep nearly 50% of all prostitutes in Bosnia and Kosovo in business and pay the most for their services. A report issued this weekend by the United Nations Children's Fund, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, finds that the billion dollar sex trade is so rife in the region that an estimated 200,000 women have been trafficked into south-eastern Europe in 2000, with...

<p>Charlie May entered the one-room schoolhouse, hung his coat on a peg and went to his seat, shaking off the chill. It was just before Christmas of 1931 and there were several inches of snow on the ground outside.</p> <p>He had walked to school, of course. It was only a few miles from home and besides, he was all but a man. Fifteen years old and in eighth grade - his last year of school - he'd soon be leaving books behind to join the rest of the men in Gowan City, Schuylkill County, in working for the Reading Coal Co.</p>

It's time to put an end to outrageous lawsuits In case you missed it, a Genesee County man recently won $1.7 million in his negligence lawsuit against Delaware & Hudson Railroad, after one of its trains forgot to wake the man up before cutting his leg off. That's right. Someone fell asleep on railroad tracks, and then sued someone else for - of all things - negligence. He then went on to win a lifetime supply of money for it. I actually shouldn't say he won it, though. He settled for it. Personally, I'd settle for still being alive. His...

Defense confident Daniel Pearl's accused kidnapper will go free By ZARAR KHAN, Associated Press HYDERABAD, Pakistan (July 1, 2002 5:44 p.m. EDT) - Lawyers for the chief defendant in the kidnap-slaying of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl predicted Monday that their client will be acquitted. The defense optimism came after testimony that appeared to support their contention that Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was illegally detained and, on that basis, the charges against him should be dismissed. "You will see he will be acquitted in this case," said Abdul Waheed Katpar, a lawyer for Saeed. The evidence could also boost...

Republican Gov. George Pataki holds a 2 -1 lead over either Democratic challenger, even with independent businessman Thomas Golisano in the race, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Among New York State registered voters, Gov. Pataki tops former U.S. Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo 54 - 26 percent, with 6 percent for Golisano. In a two-man race, Pataki tops Cuomo 57 - 30 percent, showing that Golisano is taking votes from both sides. Pataki beats State Comptroller H. Carl McCall 53 - 26 percent, with 7 percent for Golisano. In the two-way matchup, Pataki tops McCall 55 - 28...

Pakistan investigates gang rape ordered by tribal council   By KHALID TANVEER, Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (July 2, 2002 7:36 a.m. EDT) - A Pakistani tribal council ordered an 18-year-old girl to be gang-raped in order to punish her family after her brother was seen walking with a girl from a higher class tribe, police said Tuesday. The private Human Rights Commission of Pakistan demanded that all those involved in the rape, which took place June 22 in the village of Meerwala in southern Punjab province, be punished. Police said the victim's father had filed criminal charges against the...

Media AdvisoryJuly 2, 2002Steve Fossett is Anticipated to Cross Finish Line in his Round The World QuestSteve Fossett is expected to successfully complete the first solo around the world balloon trip in the Bud Light Spirit of Freedom this morning once he crosses 117 degrees East longitude around 8:30 AM (CDT) Tuesday, July 2.Team members from mission control at Washington University will discuss the historic event at a media conference. Joe Ritchie, mission control director, is in charge of Mission Control at Washington University.He maintains communication with the capsule and tracks its progress.

Even before Sept. 11, reporters who covered the military were complaining that their access to battlefield troops was severely limited, and that the Gulf War had shown that military officials were largely successful in exaggerating the positive and downplaying the negative in news coverage. The military — as effectively demonstrated in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch in which reporters repeatedly asked generals for the details of upcoming battle plans — complained that the media wanted to know too much. Such antagonism is nothing new. In the Civil War, Thomas Knox's critical reporting of the Union's Vicksburg campaign so irritated Gen....

<p>Washed-up pervert pop star George Michael is trying to relaunch his career with a controversial song and video insinuating that President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are gay lovers.</p> <p>In the tawdry tune, Michael also blasts America's handling of the Sept. 11 terror attacks - calling President Bush a "trigger-happy" politician who is "bullying" the world.</p>

Saudi Defense and Aviation Minister Prince Sultan bin Abd Al-Aziz recently rebuked Jewish U.S. congressmen. Following a ceremony at the Public Institution For Military Industries in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi prince, who is also the father of Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Bandar bin Sultan bin Abd Al-Aziz, also discussed Saudi-U.S. relations, the British media, and the Al-Qa'ida threat. The following are excerpts from the Saudi press: On Jewish U.S. CongressmenThe London-based Saudi daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat reported that when asked about U.S. criticism of Saudi Arabia, Prince Sultan bin Abd Al-Aziz said, "It is enough to see a number of...

ISIS: Tell us something of your background? TN: I was born in a middle class Muslim family, in a small town called Myonenningh in a northern part of Bangladesh in 1962. My father is a qualified physician; my mother is a housewife. I have two elder brothers and one younger sister. All of them received a liberal education in schools and colleges. I studied in a medical college and qualified myself as a medical graduate. ISIS: When did you start writing? TN: I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986. Since 1989 I...

<p>Recent events in the Middle East leave me wondering whether we're witnessing not just the end of the Oslo peace process, but the end of the whole idea of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.</p> <p>When the Palestinians' Intefadeh II began more than a year ago, in the wake of a serious proposal for a Palestinian state by President Bill Clinton, I argued that Palestinians were making a huge mistake. When the party to a conflict initiates an uprising, then suicide bombing, at a time when the outlines of a final peace are on the table -- as the Palestinians did -- it shatters everything, present and future. In this case it shattered the Israeli peace camp, it blew apart all the fragile confidence-building measures that took years to build, and it generally left the Israeli public feeling it had opened the gates to a Trojan horse.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (SH) - Shortly after the end of World War II, a friend I admire immensely borrowed $25,000 to begin his own engineering business. As a Seabee, he had survived the earliest hours of Iwo Jima, landing with his Marine colleagues in the bloodiest fight of that defining battle. He was anxious to get started with his life.</p>

<p>The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to potty train the public Monday with a ban on answering nature's call in public, in response to growing complaints about unpleasant sights and smells on city sidewalks.</p> <p>The board's unanimous vote came as a surprise after months of rancor. Even the most liberal supervisors went along with the ban on public urination and defecation, despite lobbying by homeless advocates and calls for more public toilets.</p>