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one line: when did slavery end?

2008-04-19T07:47:07Z

Bastardy, gambling, changing employers without permission, false pretense, “selling cotton after sunset”: these were all grounds for arrest in rural Alabama by 1890.

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one line: it isn't just about britney

2008-02-11T21:34:15Z

Being crazy doesn’t make you stupid.

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speakeasy: what's college learnin' for?

2008-01-13T06:49:50Z

At one time justification of the arts and humanities was unnecessary because, as Anthony Kronman puts it in a new book, “Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life,” it was assumed that “a college was a...

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one line: reading was once bad for your health

2007-12-26T17:38:53Z

Advice about when and where not to read was once a medical specialty.

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One Line: The New Disney.com

2007-01-01T22:16:31Z

Revamping Disney.com has been a No. 1 priority for Mr. Iger, who has sought to extend the Disney brand by embracing new digital media. But behind the revamping, analysts and others say there is an equally pressing issue facing Mr. Iger, one that m...

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Speakeasy: I Got the Magic Stick

2006-12-22T07:01:01Z

One controller is shaped like a sleek television remote (sometimes called the Wii-mote); the other plugs into the remote with a short wire, creating a vague resemblance to the two-handled martial-arts weapon it is named for, the nunchuk. And ben...

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