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Headlines for 15 September 2003

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 Poorer nations pull out of W.T.O. talks, accusing wealthy nations of failing to compromise on farm subsidies, other issues.

 Sweden rejects the euro with a clear majority.

 Eliot Spitzer, (New York’s attorney general) building P.R. as the folk sheriff of Wall Street.

 $200 bill passes in North Carolina with picture of Dub-Dub.

 Interview with Mark Bowden on methods of torture to be quietly practiced.

 Design entries for rebuilding New York’s High Line. Related: Transportation alternatives in NYC.

 Everyone’s a fascist these days.

 Mendelsohn comes forward: Princeton academic admits Donald Rumsfeld has written all his books.

 All things weird in the Garden State.

 The Man who Mistook his Girlfriend for a Robot.

 NY Character: Eugene De Salignac, photographer of bridges.

 American Social Hygiene posters, ca. 1910-1970. [ via mp ]

 A.O. Scott on the beauty of Bill Murray.

 The United States has no history; it only has movies. On diversity and Latina/os in America.

 Old David Lehman article on Frank O’Hara.

 That we could live this life: Where to find good oysters in Paris.

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