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Headlines for 8 November 2002

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 Bush says this time, Iraq’s disarmament will be ‘for real.’

 16th Party Congress opens in Beijing today: full details on power transfer.

 Lionel Poilâne, Paris’s most famous baker, missing in helicopter crash. Related: Other bakers remember. [ via the great sw ]

 Universities get rated for culinary excellence; College of the Atlantic, without mention of lobster, does well; Yale wins, with plans to have Alice Waters consult on meals next year.

 Anthony Lane on film festivals, book fairs, and ‘the state of my hands after 67 minutes of speechless, unadulterated French filth.’

 Nationwide, 20-city Colossal Colon Tour planned, so kids can crawl right next to life-size Crohn’s disease.

 Lizzie Grubman apparently has it easy in the big house, says a pissed inmate.

 New Cooper-Hewitt show on hotels points out differences between grand old homes and cheeky contemporaries.

 For obsessed fans of The Practice: David Kelley plans full assault on the Catholic Church this Sunday, meaning no smiles, ever.

 Photoshop Tennis at noon, New York-time.

 Seven years of beautiful photographs with a disposable Konica.

 Spike Jonze shows how to make a smart, effective commercial.

 William Wegman videos to be shown on the Times Square Astrovision.

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