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Sex Scandals to Learn By 
New York Times
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Let?s consider the story of Representative Eric Massa, a freshman Democrat from upstate New York who made headlines recently when he resigned from office amid talk about sexual
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How Privacy Vanishes Online
New York Times
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If a stranger came up to you on the street, would you give him your name, Social Security number and e-mail address? Yet people often dole out all kinds of personal information on
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Militant linked to attack on CIA killed
Los Angeles Times
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Reporting from Washington A senior Al Qaeda operative being hunted in the December bombing of a U.S. base used by the CIA in Afghanistan was among those killed in a missile strike
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Children of older mothers perform better at school: study
Sydney Morning Herald
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Mum's the word...Kay Proos, 49, and Willem, who is taking the selective test. Photo: Tamara Dean THE children of older mothers perform better in tests than those of younger
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Lies, damn lies and children's books
New Scientist
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INITIALLY, Richard Mallett was excited to be told that there is a new magazine for children on sale in the UK, called How It Works.
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Democrats Inch Toward Securing Votes for Health Bill
New York Times
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WASHINGTON House Democrats Wednesday inched toward the majority they need to pass health care legislation, giving them added confidence as they worked out the last details of the
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Between beauty and barbarity: a war artist in Afghanistan in Afghanistan
Guardian Unlimited
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Sketches, paintings and artworks by Julian George, a British artist embedded with the 2 Yorks (Green Howards) in
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Healthcare final vote: By the numbers
Chicago Tribune
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Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio will have something to say for himself in the morning -- the liberal Democrat, who voted against the House's healthcare legislation last fall, has not
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Britain needs a Glenn Beck
Christian Science Monitor
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British TV journalists can't express a point of view when reporting the news. Why
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MyWire Reference Collection
health care, access to
Oxford Ency of Science & Technology
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Unlike all other developed and some developing countries, the United States does not guarantee universal access to a range of health care services for its citizens.
Baghdad
Oxford Ency of the Modern World
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Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, with a population of around 7 million people. It is the largest city in Iraq and the second largest in the Arab Middle East after Cairo.
Clock Making and Time Measurement
Oxford Ency Economic History
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With the possible exception of the Maya, ours is the most time-obsessed culture the world has ever known.
Fascism and Protofascism
Oxford Ency of the Modern World
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[ This entry includes three subentries, an overview and discussions of fascism in Europe and in Japan .] Overview
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eroticism in music
Oxford Companion to Music
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The inherent irrationalism of music, its dependence on effective patterns of tension and release, pulse and rhythm, and its emphasis on emotion and feeling
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Mob Violence and Vigilantism
Oxford Companion to American Law
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Mob violence and vigilantism share a common trait: the use of violence to impose social control or to achieve popular justice .
