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...basically did nothing but stand at a microphone and tell jokes. He was a wiseguy, a smart aleck, a comic minimalist in pursuit of the perfect gag, which, through a process of trial and error and full of genially sneering asides at the eggs he laid along the way, he often found...
...believe in the Bible. I believe in the historic teachings of the Anglican church. I believe the things the church fathers wrote. I believe in the creeds. I feel that a lot of the theological innovation that we have to deal with in the church today is in error. And that the church is modeling itself after the world rather than making an impact to reform the world. I'd like to see the church fulfill the role it did in the apostolic age, when it literally changed the world...
...becoming a lot harder to find these days. U.S. companies are expected to send 3.3 million jobs overseas in the next 12 years, primarily to India, according to a study by Forrester Research. If you've ever called Dell about a sick PC or American Express about an error on your bill, you have already bumped the tip of this "offshore outsourcing" iceberg. The friendly voice that answered your questions was probably a customer-service rep in Bangalore or New Delhi. Those relatively low-skilled jobs were the first to go, starting...
...policy. I imagine that Franklin, an icon of democracy--and confirmed opponent of aristocracy and hereditary rule--would scathingly denounce the Administration's imperial ambitions and its upward redistribution of wealth and power. Franklin would also have a good word for France. And he would note the hypocrisy and error of trying to purchase temporary safety by curtailing essential liberties with the Bush Administration's "Patriot Act." BYRON C. BANGERT Bloomington...
...became news herself. Several competing papers did stories on her, in part because she was one of few women to run a major newspaper. ("It was like I had three heads," says Jurgensen, who thinks the gender angle was overblown.) In nearly every piece, she noticed an error--nothing huge, she says, but enough to make her think, No wonder people don't like the media. So Jurgensen instituted an "accuracy program." USA Today began selecting at random stories it had published, then checking back with sources to find mistakes--and, of course, discourage errors in the first place...