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POPSlooking for Kafka in Tel-Aviv ?!! Hoffe died this year, leaving the inheritance to her two daughters. Researchers are hoping they will now be given access to the materials, which will help shed light on Kafka's biography and will likely spark new interest in the author in the academic and literary worlds.
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POPSTHE Bigot is Dead Jesse Helms was a disgraceful representation of an elected official in our country. He despised blacks, gays, lesbians, hispanics and everyone who did not look like him or believed as he believed. While I never take pleasure in the death of another human being, it is my sincere hope that with his death, another layer of bigotry in the U.S. is buried with him. I have to think that maybe seeing Obama on the brink of the presidency may have been just too much for his aging heart to take.
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POPSThis Day In History, Happy Birthday America In 1986, more than 250 sailing ships and the United States' biggest fireworks display honored the Statue of Liberty in its 100th birthday year. In 1994, French forces in Rwanda established a security zone for refugees. In 1995, the British Parliament reconfirmed John Majors as prime minister. In 1997, NASA's Pathfinder landed on Mars to become the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the planet in more than two decades. Also in 1997, Mexico's top drug lord died in a Mexico City hospital following plastic surgery to change his appearance.
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POPS What did Lindsay do on her birthday? Lindsay Lohan the Hollywood problem child checking in and out of rehab and plagued by rumors about a godforsaken half-sister has still made time to celebrate her birthday with class.
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POPSKeeping Score She asks, “Does this dress make me look fat?” * You hesitate in responding…..-10 * You reply, “Where?”…..-35 * You reply, “No, I think it’s your ass”…..-100 * Any other response…..-20 When she wants to talk about a problem: * You listen, displaying a concerned expression…..0 * You listen, for over 30 minutes…..+5 * You relate to her problem and share a similar experience…..+50 * Your mind wanders to sports and you suddenly hear her saying, “…well, what do you think I should do?”…..-100 * You have fallen asleep…..-200 IT’S THAT TIME OF THE MONTH You talk…..-100 You don’t talk…..-150 You spend time with her……-200 You don’t spend time with her…..-500 You seem to be enjoying yourself..-1000
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POPSStephen Hawking turned down knighthood
In an interview with Harlan Ellison I read recently at the Onion Av Club, he said something that mirrors this attitude but put a very fine point on it. After listening to a Jesuit priest give his personal interpretation of one of Ellison's stories, one that was terribly incorrect. Ellison took the stage and said this: "Well," I said, "what was your name again?" He said, "William," I said, "Well, look, Billy," because the minute you have to start calling someone "Father," you've lost the argument. And that's the problem with titles right there. The moment you have to call someone by one, you've already lost the argument. Where I work, I occasionally get doctors that insist with an air of arrogance that I refer to them by Dr. Well I work in a tech field and could care less what your damn title is. I know more than you if you are calling me for help and referring to you as such places me at a societal disadvantage. From that point on you don't even have a name to me. You are merely
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