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Sooners Are Oh, So Close - Norman Transcript
oklahoma sent a message saturday night with its 65-21 victory over texas tech. sunday it was received. the sooners (10-1, 6-1 big 12) jumped to no. 3 in the latest bcs rankings. their path to the big 12 title game and a shot at the national ...
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Art And History Show Offers Provocative Viewing
the phrase ''culture wars'' gets thrown around rather casually in the no-think zones of cable commentary and talk radio. but 20th-century history shows that using art and culture to define and demonize one's ''enemies'' can have deadly consequences. the documentary ''the rape of europa'' (9 p.m., pbs, 39, 44, 12) offers harrowing evidence that world war ii was very much a ''culture war'' and ...
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The Faith Column
despite its relatively brief history of some 165 years, the bahá’í faith is the second most geographically widespread religion in the world after christianity. the bahá'í community numbers some six million followers living in more than 100,000 localities around the world.
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Ap News In Brief - International Herald Tribune
defeat of once-powerful alaska sen. ted stevens' is end of an era in state, nation's capital anchorage, alaska (ap) — sen. ted stevens' election defeat marks the end of an era in which he held a commanding place in alaska politics while wielding ...
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News In Brief - Guardian Unlimited
a spanish judge has abandoned attempts to symbolically indict general franco and his regime over atrocities committed during and after the civil war. judge baltasar garzón reluctantly yielded in a dispute over jurisdiction, but maintained that ...
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Nation, World In Brief
washington - the government unveiled a plan yesterday to rescue troubled citigroup, including taking a $20 billion stake in the firm whose stock has been hammered on worries about its financial health.
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All Blacks Train At Prestigious Harrow School
the all blacks gained a brief glimpse into the cossetted world of england's educated elite today when they trained at the historic harrow school's playing fields.
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Langson Host To Immigration History - New University Newspaper
from nov. 21-23, the student of color conference steering committee hosted its 20th annual student of color conference (socc) at ucla. the conference featured a film screening, cultural performances, public caucuses and workshop sessions. this year ...
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Lame-duck Us, Israeli Leaders Hold Last Meeting - Pr Inside
washington (ap) - president george w. bush and israeli prime minister ehud olmert's lofty mideast peace goals are going out with a whimper. wrapping up three years of close cooperation with a last meeting monday, the two leaders pledged to leave ...
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All Blacks Venture Onto Hallowed Harrow Turf
the all blacks gained a brief glimpse into the cossetted world of england's educated elite on monday at harrow school.
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Provocative Night Of Art And History
the phrase "culture wars" gets thrown around rather casually in the no-think zones of cable commentary and talk radio. but 20th-century history shows that using art and culture to define and demonize one's "enemies" can have deadly consequences. the...
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Rappers Singing Badly: A Brief History - Nymag.com
don't call her karen: rashida jones has joined the cast of the mysterious nbc sitcom starring amy poehler and aziz ansari that is not, repeat, is not, an office spinoff. given nbc's insistence that this new show isn't an office spinoff, it makes ...
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A Tortuous Path To Spain's Painful Past - Chicago Tribune
pinilla de la valderia, spain—many people in this verdant countryside know their hills and valleys hide a terrible treasure from the spanish civil war: skeletons of loved ones, just a few generations gone. in recent weeks, a judicial order had ...
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Rugby: All Blacks Go Back To School
the all blacks gained a brief glimpse into the cosseted world of england's educated elite today when they trained at the historic harrow school's playing fields.
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Local News In Brief
springdale - zion national park will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2009. the final event for the celebration will be an employee reunion, scheduled for oct. 16 through 18. the reunion will include present and former employees of zion national park, including the national park service, the zion natural history association, parks transportation, inc. and park concessionaires, both past and ...
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Oil Retreats Towards $54 After Brief Bounce - Reuters
london (reuters) - oil fell back toward $54 a barrel on tuesday, setting a new near 22-month low as the gloomy outlook for the world economy helped extinguish a brief rally. u.s. light crude oil for december delivery was 55 cents lower at $54.40 a ...
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Sports In Brief - Salt Lake Tribune
st. louis cardinals slugger albert pujols won his second nl mvp award, powering past philadelphia star ryan howard by a comfortable margin monday. pujols hit .357 with 37 home runs and 116 rbis while playing with a sore right elbow. he was rewarded ...
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Then & Now: Quilts In Ithacan's Book Tell Of Places, History
patty elwin davis, ithaca's extraordinary quilter, has compiled a beautifully illustrated survey of 29 of her best works in a new book called “twice-told tales — history, literature, and family lore retold in narrative quilts.” devoting about two pages to each quilt, davis includes brief introductions telling the story behind each one.
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News Brief
the government in hanoi has legalized the vietnam mennonite church, in a move that anabaptists hope will end the tensions and difficulties of the past and open up new possibilities for the country and for christians.
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Get A Deep Insight Into The World Non-alcoholic Beverages Market Brief - Cnbc
new york, nov 18, 2008 (business wire) -- reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report related to the soft drinks industry is available in its catalogue. world non-alcoholic beverages market brief http://www.reportlinker.com/p097838 ...
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