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NPR : 1957 Was the Year of the Icons Robert Siegel did a little culture piece today about 1957, the year that launched Sputnik, the X-13, and me. Apparently, Eisenhower dispatched the federal troops to Little Rock on the day I was actually born, although my parents were probably too busy at the time to [...]
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NPR’s man in Basra sometimes emails the Washington-based news bureau funny details about life in his crazy city along with his stories about bombs, insurgents, and tragedy. His English is wobbly but energetic, and as commentator Corey Flintof notes, the multiple exclamation points are the Iraqi equivalent to “Ba-dum-pum! Laff nao plzzzz!” NPR : Real [...]
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Curse you, amiable and erudite Mr. Fry, for being an accomplished WordPress blogger at the first attempt. Now I’ll be forced to add your feed to my “must read” list. Stephen Fry » Blog Archive » Device and Desires My husband and his best friend are seriously into cell phone technology, and they constantly compare [...]






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