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Archive for October, 2005
Sunday, October 30, 2005 Port of Tacoma’s Expanding, Leading To Booming Asian Trade By Dave Berns Expansion of recent years has set the stage for further growth, reports The Seattle Times.
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 Delta Dropping Low-Fare Brand, Song By Dave Berns Carrier to be merged into airlines’ long-distance routes, reports The Washington Post.
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 Wall Street Awaits Tuesday Statement From The Federal Reserve Board By Dave Berns Recent market uncertainty could be calmed by Fed’s expected statement about the nation’s inflation rate, reports The Associated Press.
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 Prosecutor Fitzgerald Known For Multitasking and Long Work Hours By Dave Berns The Chicago Tribune has an interesting profile of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, the man who filed Friday’s indictment against Vice President Cheney’s chief of staff, “Scooter” Libbey.
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 Wal-Mart Continues Push For Image Change By Dave Berns The Washington Post reports that the retail giant is carrying on with its effort to alter its negative image among many.
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 Sexism Continues In The Workplace By Dave Berns Washington Post columnist writes that sexist stereotypes continue to fester in the workplace despite decades of advances by women.
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Sunday, October 30, 2005 NPR Audio: Saudi Arabia Admitted To World Trade Organization By Dave Berns Saudi admittance to the WTO could have implications for that country’s ruling family, reports NPR.
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Friday, October 28, 2005 U.N. must take action against Iran By Len Butcher “Israel must be wiped off the map.†The words of angry Palestinians? If only that were so. No, these words were shouted out by none other than Iran’s hard-line president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as he marched in the streets of Tehran alongside tens of thousands of people supporting his call for the destruction of Israel.
These were [...]
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Friday, October 28, 2005 The empire strikes back By Steve Sebelius We at Various Things & Stuff need no coffee this morning; the outrage is enough.
On Thursday, a letter appeared on the website of the Nevada state Democratic Party. The “Open Letter to Nevada Democrats,” signed by some of the party’s top leaders, had but one purpose: To torpedo the gubernatorial campaign of state [...]
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Thursday, October 27, 2005 Religious right flexes its muscle By Len Butcher In 1947, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled: “Neither a state nor the Federal Government can, openly or secretly, participate in the affairs of any religious organizations or groups and vice versa. In the words of Jefferson, the clause against establishment of religion by law was intended to erect ‘a wall of separation between Church and [...]
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