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12796 [lbo-talk] WB Staff Assn memo on Wolfie -- rank: 1000

[someone passed this memo from the World Bank Staff Association about special treatment for Wolfowitz's girlfriend along to me - Woj earlier posted links to stories on the affair in the WashPost and Arab News - I've appended the FT's] Staff Association Update April 3, 2007 Dear Colleagues, Since publication of the March 28, 2007 "In the Loop" column in the Washington Post, the Staff Association has been inundated with messages from staff expressing concern, dismay and outrage. The ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 5 10:50:21 PDT 2007

12797 [lbo-talk] nice man -- rank: 1000

On Apr 5, 2007, at 12:24 PM, Ted Winslow wrote: > > "Dangerous acts can be done safely in a community which thinks and > feels rightly, which would be the way to hell if executed by those > who think and feel wrongly." Keynes, Collected Writings, vol. XXVII, > p. 388 What's the context of that? With "thinks and feels rightly," does JMK mean people like him? Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 5 10:28:28 PDT 2007

12798 [lbo-talk] [Fwd: nice guy] -- rank: 1000

On Apr 4, 2007, at 8:59 PM, andie nachgeborenen wrote: > Let's end this here. Good idea. No need really for you to be at each other's throats, is there? I detect the imitative fallacy. Doug

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 18:22:21 PDT 2007

12799 [lbo-talk] Not A Very Nice Man -- rank: 1000

On Apr 4, 2007, at 7:36 PM, Jim Farmelant wrote: > Who except students of the 1848 revolutions in Germany > and US Civil War aficionados remembers who Carl > Schurz was? They named a park after him on the east side of Manhattan. Visitors can read this on the historical sign <http://www.nycgovparks.org/ sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=6526>: > The park name honors Schurz, a native of Cologne, Germany. It was > strongly supported by the large German c ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 16:56:18 PDT 2007

12800 [lbo-talk] French set new rail speed record -- rank: 1000

On Apr 4, 2007, at 4:59 PM, BklynMagus wrote: >> And you don't have to take your shoes off, or run the > risk of a cavity search. > > I know many people who think a cavity search is a highlight. Not from most of the TSA screeners I've seen!

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 14:18:22 PDT 2007

12801 [lbo-talk] The Death of Classical Music (da capo, con brio) -- rank: 1000

On Apr 4, 2007, at 4:27 PM, Michael J. Smith wrote: > What's > the musical significance of difficulty, anyway? It means that most mortals who want to listen to Bach or Brahms or Boulez have to do so on recording, since performances are rare and expensive, and they can't play it themselves without years of study. Doug

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 13:53:04 PDT 2007

12802 [lbo-talk] French set new rail speed record -- rank: 1000

On Apr 4, 2007, at 3:49 PM, tfast wrote: > So the train takes about 50 minutes longer. Many take the train > because > they can get more work done on the train And you don't have to take your shoes off, or run the risk of a cavity search. Doug

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 13:10:15 PDT 2007

12803 [lbo-talk] Judge: Americans need background checks to date internationally -- rank: 1000

[it's three days past April Fool's, so that can't be it...] US Judge Affirms IMBRA: Americans Must Have Criminal Checks Before Contacting Foreigners on Internet http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/4/prweb515227.htm A new federal law that makes it a crime for Americans to communicate with foreigners on dating websites without criminal background checks is upheld by a federal judge. Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 2, 2007 -- On March 26, 2007, a new federal law restricting Americans from contacting ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 12:58:43 PDT 2007

12804 [lbo-talk] Dems outpacing Reps in money race 2-1 -- rank: 1000

<http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0407/3419.html> Dems Swamp GOP in Money Chase By: Jeanne Cummings April 4, 2007 03:36 PM EST In the much-watched first quarter of presidential fundraising, the Democratic candidates raised more than twice as much as their Republican counterparts, a huge gap that is putting added pressure on a party already struggling to regroup after the November elections. According to preliminary fundraising numbers released by the campaigns this week, the combin ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 12:44:12 PDT 2007

12805 [lbo-talk] roller-coaster -- rank: 1000

The history of U.S. house prices expressed as a roller-coaster ride: <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2757699799528285056>

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 12:35:31 PDT 2007

12806 [lbo-talk] Yalies burn flag -- rank: 1000

<http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/20557> Elis jailed for flag burning Three Yalies arrested Tuesday for burning an American flag at Chapel Street home Charlotte Martin Staff Reporter Three Yale students, including the son of a former governor of an Afghan province, were arrested early Tuesday morning after burning an American flag attached to a home on Chapel Street. Hyder Akbar 07, Nikolaos Angelopoulos 10 and Farhad Anklesaria 10 were arrested for charges including first-deg ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 12:00:27 PDT 2007

12807 [lbo-talk] Daimler dumps Chrysler -- rank: 1000

On Apr 4, 2007, at 1:54 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > I would imagine some Asian > manufacturer might consider buying the brand to gain access to the US > market. And the more the damn thing is damaged goods, the better- > it lowers > the price of the brand, while the actual product will come from > Asia, no? Chrysler has lots of workers and lots of plant in the U.S. that a buyer would have to deal with. Leading candidates are GM or Ford or one of the big parts makers. Or m ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 11:10:40 PDT 2007

12808 [lbo-talk] Felix the Fixer... -- rank: 1000

[evidently my old pal Felix Rohatyn was quite the stick man] New York Daily News - April 4, 2007 Superbanker & gal pals invested in mutual fun By GEORGE RUSH & JOANNA MOLLOY Who says investment bankers are dull? Former Lazard Freres big Felix Rohatyn not only brokered multibillion-dollar deals, helped save New York City from fiscal ruin and served as ambassador to France - the rainmaker also allegedly carried on the firm's proud Gallic tradition as roué. In his dishy new book about L ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 10:09:27 PDT 2007

12809 [lbo-talk] Gawker rewrites that Page Six item -- rank: 1000

<http://gawker.com/news/christopher-hitchens/christopher-hitchens-the- god-that-failed-249558.php> Christopher Hitchens: The God That Failed THEY don't call him Christopher "Comical British Alcoholic" Hitchens for nothing. The warmonger, whose attempt to link his pro-conflict positions with the work of George Orwell offended the sensibilities of anyone who has ever read George Orwell, is at it again. "Hitch Is Not Great: How Everything In My Body Is Filled With Poison, ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 10:03:57 PDT 2007

12810 [lbo-talk] Daimler dumps Chrysler -- rank: 1000

On Apr 4, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6525019.stm > Well they're in talks. Someone still has to buy the damn thing. Doug

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Date:	Wed Apr 4 09:38:31 PDT 2007