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A Filipino Retreat
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A Filipino Retreat
NY Times
Published: July 19, 2004
Terrorists in Iraq scored a victory when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines decided to accelerate the withdrawal of her nation's token contingent of troops to spare the life of a Filipino hostage. A group calling itself the Islamic Army had threatened to behead Angelo dela Cruz, a truck driver, unless Manila withdrew. To the dismay of her allies, and possibly even of the kidnappers, President Arroyo is hastening to comply.
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Wednesday 21 July 2004 - 16:41:36
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California Assembly Democrats Block 4th of July Celebration
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California Assembly Democrats Block 4th of July Celebration
Assemblyman John Campbell
Wednesday, June 30th, 2004
4th of July: In each of the 4 years that I have been a member of the state Assembly, we have had many "celebrations" on the Assembly floor. These "celebrations" are orchestrated by the Democrats who control the House and often involve singing and dancing. Every one of my 4 years have seen substantial celebrations of Cinco de Mayo (Commemorates the Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla ), St. Patrick's Day (for the patron Saint of Ireland) and Chinese New Year's Day, among others. But never once have we celebrated America's Independence Day, the 4th of July.
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Sunday 18 July 2004 - 21:24:01
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To The Shores Of Tripoli
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To The Shores Of Tripoli
Muslim foes. Kidnappings. How the Barbary Wars foreshadowed things to come.
By CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
Jul. 5, 2004
Within days of his March 1801 inauguration as the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson ordered a naval and military expedition to North Africa, without the authorization of Congress, to put down regimes involved in slavery and piracy. The war was the first in which the U.S. flag was carried and planted overseas; it saw the baptism by fire of the U.S. Marine Corps — whose anthem boasts of action on "the shores of Tripoli" — and it prefigured later struggles with both terrorism and jihad.
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Friday 16 July 2004 - 21:20:50
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The New Infidelity - Part 4
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The New Infidelity - Part 4: How to protect the children
By Lorraine Ali and Lisa Miller
Newsweek
Why they stray: With the work place and the Internet, overscheduled lives and inattentive husbands—it's no wonder more American women are looking for comfort in the arms of another man
In 1643 Mary Latham, who was 18 years old and married, was hanged in Massachusetts with her lover James Britton. Since then, adultery has been a crime in many states. A woman accused of adultery could, in divorce court, lose her home, her income and her children. All that changed in the 1970s, when most states adopted "no fault" and "equitable distribution" divorce laws, in which nearly all the assets accrued to either partner during the marriage belong to the marriage and, in a divorce settlement, are split evenly. And unless a woman (or man) has been flagrantly or inappropriately sexual in front of the children, or has, in the frenzy of an affair, neglected them, infidelity does not legally affect settlements or custody. In researching her book "The Price of Motherhood," journalist Ann Crittenden found, however, that an implicit bias against female adultery still prevails in the country's predominantly male courtrooms—and that when it came to settlements, that bias was costly to women. "There may be no fault as grounds, but fault has not left the system," she says.
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Saturday 10 July 2004 - 18:20:21
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The New Infidelity - Part 3
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The New Infidelity - Part 3: The overprogrammed life makes cheating easier
By Lorraine Ali and Lisa Miller
Newsweek
Why they stray: With the work place and the Internet, overscheduled lives and inattentive husbands—it's no wonder more American women are looking for comfort in the arms of another man
The road to infidelity is paved with unmet expectations about sex, love and marriage. A woman who is 40 today grew up during the permissive 1970s and went to college when the dangers of AIDS were just beginning to dawn. She was sexually experienced before she was married and waited five years longer than her mother to settle down. She lives in a culture that constantly flaunts the possibility of great sex and fitness well after menopause. "Great Lovers Are Made, Not Born!" read the ads for sex videos in her favorite magazines; "What if the only night sweats you had came from a good workout?" ask the ads for estrogen therapy.
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Saturday 10 July 2004 - 18:14:17
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The New Infidelity - Part 2
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The New Infidelity - Part 2: Where do married women find their men?
By Lorraine Ali and Lisa Miller
Newsweek
Why they stray: With the work place and the Internet, overscheduled lives and inattentive husbands—it's no wonder more American women are looking for comfort in the arms of another man
Popular culture has always been full of unfaithful wives, but even today's fictional cheaters share something that sets them apart from the tragic Anna Karenina or the calculating Mrs. Robinson. Their actions may cause their lives to unravel, but the new philanderers aren't victims.
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Saturday 10 July 2004 - 18:02:49
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The New Infidelity - Part 1
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The New Infidelity - Part 1: The Secret Lives of Wives
By Lorraine Ali and Lisa Miller
Newsweek
Why they stray: With the work place and the Internet, overscheduled lives and inattentive husbands—it's no wonder more American women are looking for comfort in the arms of another man
July 12 issue - When groups of women get together, especially if they're mothers and have been married for more than six or seven years, and especially if there's alcohol involved, the conversation is usually the same. They talk about the kids and work—how stressed they are, how busy and bone tired. They gripe about their husbands and, if they're being perfectly honest and the wine kicks in, they talk about the disappointments in their marriages. Not long ago, over lunch in Los Angeles, this conversation took a surprising turn, when Erin, who is in her early 40s and has been married for more than a decade, spilled it. She was seeing someone else. Actually, more than one person. It started with an old friend, whom she began meeting every several months for long dinners and some heavy petting. Then she began giving herself permission to flirt with, kiss—well, actually, make out with—men she met on business trips. She understands it's a "Clintonian" distinction, but she won't have sex with anyone except her husband, whom she loves. But she also loves the unexpected thrill of meeting someone new. "Do you remember?" She pauses. "I don't know how long you've been married, but do you remember the kiss that would just launch a thousand kisses?"
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Saturday 10 July 2004 - 17:55:02
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"Firefly" Gets Big In Serenity
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Firefly Gets Big In Serenity
Alan Tudyk, who plays the space pilot Wash in the upcoming SF movie Serenity, told SCI FI Wire that the movie based on Fox's canceled TV show Firefly is now shooting and will be bigger and better, with a story that picks up on the show's mythology. "I can say this, and I can't say much, because [writer/director] Joss [Whedon] would kill me," Tudky said in an interview.
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Saturday 10 July 2004 - 17:32:23
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Americans kick a habit: Reading
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Americans kick a habit: Reading
Friday, July 9, 2004
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF AND NEWS SERVICES
Oprah's Book Club may help sell millions of books to Americans, and slam poetry might have engendered a youthful new breed of wordsmith, but the nation is still caught in a tide of indifference when it comes to literature.
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Saturday 10 July 2004 - 07:52:00
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Former Model of Success, Thailand's AIDS Effort Falters, U.N. Reports
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Former Model of Success, Thailand's AIDS Effort Falters, U.N. Reports
By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN
July 9, 2004
BANGKOK, July 8 - Thailand's AIDS program, widely promoted as the world's most successful in preventing the disease, is in serious danger of unraveling, the United Nations said in a report issued here on Thursday.
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Friday 09 July 2004 - 10:37:37
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