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May 12, 2008

gleans at 5:20 AM MT, 5/12

 

The US is increasingly out of sync with Pakistan's newly-elected government, say analysts.
 
 
 
GOP leaders urge a new agenda after several key losses.
 
 
 
It tastes like a cross between lamb and duck. And it's selling as fast as butchers can get it
 
 
 
Even Rodin went to Credit Municipal of Paris, also known as 'auntie,' when he was down on his luck. And as times get tougher, the institution has begun accepting wine.
 
 
 
Indian vintages to challenge supremacy of top global producers
Has 'economic muscle to dictate to producers what style of wine they should be making'
--Economic Times
 
 
 
East Coast snobs with Old World sympathies take cheap shots at a great product
 
 
 
Obama lapel pins salute 57 states
Candidate's gaffe inspires political entrepreneurs
--Los Angeles Times
 
 
 
Literary scholarship: aimless, irrelevant, and dying a slow death in the academy. But there’s a way to revive interest in the study of fiction and criticism... more»
 
 
 
With typical narcissism, the children of ’68 see themselves as the center and turning point of history. Has anyone thought about 1958?... more»
 
 
 
Is licking an ice cream cone on the street beneath your dignity? What then is human dignity? Steven Pinker wonders... more»
 
 
 
Our eyes are amazing, a genuine credit to evolution. So are our hands, not to mention our kidneys. But our brains?... more»
 
 
 
How many writers got the Nobel Prize for Literature for a book that was largely ghostwritten? Winston Churchill, for one... more»
 
 
 
With Russia flexing its military muscle, are the chances of an accidental nuclear war back again on the increase?... more»
 
 
 
Dig around a bit and you can find the roots of a very British obsession ... [more]
 
 
 
Not even quantum cryptography is 100-percent secure ... [more]
 
 
 
If it's so great to be smart, why have most animals remained dumb? ... [more]
 
 
 
British intel: China preparing for nuclear war
Analysts say Beijing getting ready for ops beyond Far East
--WND
 
 
 
Steve Jobs leads online voting for best beard in Silicon Valley
'Takes more than leading-edge technology and a Stanford MBA to make it big in high tech'
--Fortune
 
 
 
Fired admiral's affair included sex at White House
Lied about sex with federal employee, falsely told woman his wife had died
--CNN
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Entertainmentwise - Miley Cyrus showed signs of further rebellions as she defended Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears’ wild behaviour, insisting that it’s “normal” for young stars to go off the rails.
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