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...Satisfaction” and an encore of “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Jumping Jack Flash.” They premiered the new song “Don’t Stop” which was disappointing in comparison with the best song of the night, the ballad “Wild Horses...
...comparison, MIT offers a free basic health care program along with tuition, according to the MIT medical web site...
...national election, it would cost the federal government $2 billion every four years, or $5 billion per decade. While that may seem like a lot, it is a small price to pay to improve our democracy and make sure every voice is heard. And it pales in comparison to the $1.3 trillion tax cut the Bush Administration is phasing in over the next decade...
...industry, with 360 million books worth ?2.36 billion sold last year. According to France's National Federation of Book Publishers - whose analysis is avowedly conservative - 54,415 titles were printed in 2001 (a 4.9% increase over 2000), including 26,499 new works (up 2.6%). France's film industry, by comparison, produced 204 movies last year (a jump of 20%) and sold 76 million tickets. Though a number of European countries - Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain - actually print more books, publishing in France still enjoys a mystique rivaling that of cinema. Authors like Bernard-Henri Lévy and 2001 Goncourt prizewinner...
...there any reason to believe that the war on terrorism will dominate American foreign policy. Take one more comparison, this time with the cold war. For more than 40 years, the U.S. was consumed by a global struggle against communism. Some 95,000 Americans died in Vietnam and Korea in wars designed to contain the communist threat. The defense budget soared to levels unprecedented in "peacetime...