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“Ode on a U.N. war-crimes tribunal’s Urn”

“The Bush administration yesterday called on the U.N. war-crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia to

Define “Irony” (without using “Kyrgyzstan”)

A survivor of Egypt’s biggest train disaster who escaped with light injuries after jumping off one of the rear carriages died on his return journey Thursday by falling under another train, security sources said. Abdel-Rahim Qenawi, a 22-year-old laborer from the town of el-Maragha about 360 km (225 miles) south of Cairo, escaped from a fire eight days ago which killed about 360 people when it swept through seven carriages

Define “Irony” (without using “Kyrgyzstan")

A survivor of Egypt’s biggest train disaster who escaped with light injuries after jumping off one of the rear carriages died on his return journey Thursday by falling under another train, security sources said. Abdel-Rahim Qenawi, a 22-year-old laborer from the town of el-Maragha about 360 km (225 miles) south of Cairo, escaped from a fire eight days ago which killed about 360 people when it swept through seven carriages

Nuclear Fallout Fallout

“A US government study says that the fallout from cold war nuclear tests carried out by the US, Britain, France and the Soviet Union has caused the death of an estimated 15,000 Americans. “The study was conducted by the National Cancer Institute and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, but its publication has been delayed by the US government. However, excerpts of the report were obtained by Tom Harkin,

Once again, Kyrgyzstan = Irony

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Lookin’ for Fun and Feelin’ Britney

Breaking News: “

Aussie Can You See?

Ananova

“Semi Colon?  Wait, didn’t she used to be married to that Bruce Willis guy?”

Crunch time here at U of D — for paper grading, for “administrative” tasks (like, figuring out where I left that last set of quizzes on the dangling modifier) — name it. I’m in hell. Which reminds me… Looking back on some of my last dozen or so posts, I’ve noticed errors in spelling, grammar, mechanics, punctuation (not to mention huge lapses in logic) — all products, no doubt, of

“Semi Colon?  Wait, didn’t she used to be married to that Bruce Willis guy?”

Crunch time here at U of D — for paper grading, for “administrative” tasks (like, figuring out where I left that last set of quizzes on the dangling modifier) — name it. I’m in hell. Which reminds me… Looking back on some of my last dozen or so posts, I’ve noticed errors in spelling, grammar, mechanics, punctuation (not to mention huge lapses in logic) — all products, no doubt, of

Get Your Wurtzel On 4:  Jim Treacher’s “Bozac Nation,” Finis

“Get Your Wurtzel On 4” [Elizabeth Wurtzel responds: “Here’s why I like Ritalin so much: After I’ve eaten, say, fifteen or so pills, I lose all my inhibitions. All of them. I mean, you should’ve seen the look on Sam Donaldson’s face when I suddenly reached for his package in the middle of a ’20/20′ interview a few years back. Had Cokie Roberts not been there to beat me off