Value hunters ask what kind of holiday season it will be
The article contrasts cautious shoppers with hopeful merchants as Stevens Park lights signal the holiday season. Local charity giving rose after Sept 11, challenging fears of tighter wallets. Auto dealers report strong sales aided by zero percent financing and same as cash programs boosting big-ticket items.
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United Way
Stevens Park
West Virginia Smokers Jury Rejects Medical Testing Suit
Be CL quotes a Reynolds attorney after jurors reject a suit that would make four tobacco firms fund annual medical tests for 250,000 healthy West Virginia smokers. The item also features Mary Schiavo on Flight 587 disaster and Tony Blair urging Afghan groups to rise against the Taliban.
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R.J. Reynolds
Jeff Furr
West Virginia
Transportation Department
Mary Schiavo
American Airlines
Thought on wisdom and imagination from Simon Ben Azzai
Reflection on the idea that seeking wisdom defines wisdom while assuming attainment makes one a fool, attributed to the second century Jewish scholar Simon Ben Azzai.
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Simon Ben Azzai
Cold numbers drive ag debate on global trade and subsidies
Farmers face a winter of numbers from EU imports of Brazilian GMO free soy to U S subsidies and land prices. The piece cites 1996 2000 subsidy sums 62 billion capitalized into land, 38 billion to non operators, 24 billion to farmer operators, and notes a Do Doha WTO meeting impact with 13.2 percent farm job loss forecast 1998 2008. Alan Guebert provides figures and contact info.
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Brazil
USDA
U.S
Freedom To Farm
Guebert
Usda Farm Program
Environmental Working Group
Illinois
Farm Service Agency
Ilinois
World Trade Organization
Doha
U.S. Department of Labor
America
Should women face a military draft in war times
Kathleen Parker argues against a female draft noting biology and non combat roles mean equality does not equate to equal combat ability. She cites gender debates sparked by NOW and Anna Quindlen, warns of unintended consequences, and contends a non combat redefinition could justify including women while preserving military effectiveness.
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Selective Service
Newsweek
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Taliban
Persian Gulf
Afghanistan
Ryan
Vietnam
bin Laden
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Kimberly
Muggins
Congress
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Today in History November 15 2001 highlights past events
On this date in 1926 NBC debuted with 24 radio stations, in 1777 Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, in 1806 Zebulon Pike sighted Pikes Peak, in 1939 Roosevelt laid Jefferson Memorial cornerstone, in 1940 peacetime conscription began, and in 1966 Gemini 12 splashed down with Lovell and Aldrin.
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Continental Congress
United States
Zebulon Pike
Pikes Peak
Roosevelt
Jefferson Memorial
Washington DC
James A. Lovell
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr
Atlantic
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