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Saturday, August 5
'Au revoir, Freedom Fries'
by
Bill Doskoch
on Sat 05 Aug 2006 12:11 PM EDT
An excerpt from an NYT editorial about French Fries in the U.S. cafeteria being called by their original name again (You might remember they were switched to Freedom Fries in 2003 when the French wouldn't support the invasion of Iraq): more »
'The Looming Towers'
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Bill Doskoch
on Sat 05 Aug 2006 12:01 PM EDT
Just in time for 9/11's fifth anniversary, New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright has a new book out on the events that led up to that terrible day: The Looming Towers - Al Qaeda and the road to 9/11. The NYT's Dexter Filkins reviewed it. more » |
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