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Almost Normal
The British Dyslexia Association and the University of Westminster are on a quest to uncover latent dyslexia, dyspraxia, and dyscalculia.
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Spam, Glorious Spam
Transformed by programming ineptitude into a monster of Frankenstein proportions, it broke loose and proceeded to spam news.admin.policy with 200 messages
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Cigarettes
In 1954, Richard Doll published his findings in England that there was a link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. Fifty years later, the United States government sues the tobacco industry $280 billion in damages
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Hollywood Insider
Mike Medavoy’s memoirs of his 40 years in Hollywood, "You’re Only As Good As Your Next One" is a book written by an insider. It is an authoritative account about the studios and the 300 or so films that he was involved with.
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Signs of Success
To their teachers' amazement, the Nicaraguan children started communicating with each other through a unique system of hand gestures. A new sign language was being born right in front of their very eyes.
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Vision and Art
Doctors and scientists suggest that the reason why artists see things differently, is because they have something wrong with their eyesight. Art historians have renounced this theory as being too ludicrous, stating that "artists know exactly why they are doing what they are doing."
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Back to Methuselah
Woody Allen said: "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying." Would you want to live forever?
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The Blog Dictionary
Recently there has been a spate of new words associated with blogging. I decided to do a bit of research on this important topic. To my utter amazement, there are already in existence several online dictionaries of terms related to blogging.
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Fred Ebb
Fred Ebb’s lyrics are intelligent, provocative, and he is not afraid to tackle controversial themes. They will always be remembered for their hit songs like "All That Jazz" and "Cabaret."
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Encyclopedia Wars
The major strength of the Wikipedia is its breadth of coverage. Compared to Britannica and Encarta, it is more topical with up-to-date news items, and certain subjects like popular culture, film, and sports are covered much better.
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