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POPS Miller Time Sure, the last Beer Summit was an empty political gesture, something Obama was forced into after he stepped in it.* This one could actually be meaningful, if everyone behaves, sincerely tries to become a better person … which is asking a lot, I know. Likelihood of it happening? Zip. But maybe the White House Press Corps, which initiated the last Beer Summit, could try to prompt this one. By asking the president about it, like they did last time. Checking Google news, not seeing that has happened. * Boston Herald, take a bow. Fired the twin rockets of Sgt. Crowley’s distinctly unracist past and his position as a police academy racial profiling instructor that blew up that race thing in Gates’ and Obama’s faces. I remember watching Gates on CNN that afternoon, and the president at his press conference that night, thinking, “Have a good time, guys. Rockets impact in the a.m.” If Skip had just returned our calls …
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POPSAnaïs Nin From being a cult figure of the early feminist movement, Anais later rose to international prominence with her writing. She is best known for her diaries but also produced a number of novels and a prose poem in surrealistic style as well as wonderful erotic short stories, published posthumously. Characterized by the use of powerful and, at times, disquieting imagery, her work reveals great sensitivity and perception. In 1973 she received an honorary doctorate from Philadelphia College of Art. She was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1974.<<
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POPSOn Travel - Inspirational Quotes “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” - Henry Miller “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain “Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” - Miriam Beard “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” - Bill Bryson “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” - Robert Frost “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” “Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” - Paul Theroux “A wise traveler never despises his own country.” - Carlo Goldoni
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POPSAmerican Participants of the North American Forum Mr. William W. McIlhenny, Policy Planning Council for Western Hemisphere Affairs Dr. Peter McPherson , President, National Association of State Universities & Land-Grant Colleges Ms. Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute # Dr. George Miller, Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory # Mr. George Nethercutt, Chairman, US Section of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, US – Canada (Security) # Mary Anastasia O'Grady, Journalist for Wall Street Journal (Area Specialist) # Dr. Robert A. Pastor, Director, Center for North American Studies, American University, Washington, DC
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POPSCLINTON BODY-COUNT You hear the rumors,but look at the list. This is only part of it, yet. Granted, people die. But so MANY -- so SUSPICIOUSLY ?? A jumpimg off place for 'endless' researching, that's for sure!
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POPSLinks to Biographies under the category Literature at BrainJuice This clipmark is for Links to Biographies under the category Literature at found at www.brain-juice.com Other categories include Art, Film/theater, music, & history. The actual bibliographies are copy written at this site. Please make a point to give appropriate site credit and reference for any quotes used for entries found at this site. This clipmark submitted by 123clipmarks
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