Some of the reaction to the death of the astronauts is similar to the wave
of public grief about the death of Princess Diana - a spectacular sudden
public death, with a technical mystery to analysed and reanalysed endlessly
over the 24/7 news media, and the public expressions of grief by ordinar
NASA Relies on Contractors as it Reins In Costs
By Greg Schneider and Ariana Eunjung Cha
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, February 3, 2003; Page A17
The astronauts on the space shuttle Columbia flew for their nations and for
NASA, but it was private contractors who trained them, prepared the
Is there a government source to verify these figures? I have mentioned
them in class, but students want some verification.
--
Michael Perelman
* Department of Veterans Affairs
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Illnesses of
Brown defends pro-market stance
Charlotte Denny, economics correspondent
Monday February 3, 2003
The Guardian
Gordon Brown will warn unions and left-wing Labour MPs today that the
government has no intention of abandoning its pro-market stance as he issues a
robust defence of his handling of the
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> Lowry, Tom. 2003. "The NFL Machine." Business Week (27 January): pp.
> 87-94.
> 88: "Maybe one rea
that's old news which they assume every US citizen already knows about..
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Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 4:53 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:34296] Re: Re: Colombia/Columbia
> Right, the guerrillas rele
Lowry, Tom. 2003. "The NFL Machine." Business Week (27 January): pp.
87-94.
88: "Maybe one reason for Tagliabue's championship season in the face of
a stubborn downturn is that the NFL is not exactly a model of
capitalism. The commissioner has made it his mission to distribute
equally as much of t
Right, the guerrillas released two journalists, but nothing about the
murderous death squads.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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> Today several different e-mails arrived describing atrocities in Colombia.
> Of course, I have seen nothing in the
Today several different e-mails arrived describing atrocities in Colombia.
Of course, I have seen nothing in the corporate press because of the
tragedy of the Columbia.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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New Tax-Free Savings Plans Proposed
Retirement, Non-Retirement Accounts Would Shelter Earnings
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 1, 2003; Page A01
The Treasury Department formally unveiled a proposal yesterday to radically
reshape the way Americans save money, c
Sunday, 2 February, 2003, 19:25 GMT
UK restates nuclear threat
Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon says Saddam Hussein "can be
absolutely confident" the UK is willing to use nuclear weapons
"in the right conditions".
Speaking on BBC One's Breakfast with Frost Mr Hoon said the UK
reserved the right to u
>From the below NYT article:
> The undersigned oppose a preventive war
> against Iraq without broad international
> support.
This is nice, of course, but what if there was broad
international support for a "preventive" war against Iraq?
Sabri
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New York Times, January 28, 2003
Nobel L
Title: space disaster ... Iraq
from SLATE's news summary: >President Bush, in an address to the nation, mourned the disaster and its victims, and said, "our journey into space will go on." The NY [TIMES] says that after news of what had happened to Columbia got out, Bush's aids [sic] discussed
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From: "Ian Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://www.businessweek.com
> JANUARY 20, 2003
>
> COVER STORY
>
> Is It Class Warfare?
> That's what the political fight will be about. But the economic reality
> is much more promising
==
[from the lat
* It is not too much to say that along with an Israeli flag
and a drawing by a child who was a victim of the Holocaust, Colonel
Ramon, a 49-year-old father of four, carried Israel's dreams with
him. He represented the accomplishments this young country would
prefer to dwell on - its ast
Title: RE: [PEN-L:34282] Re: agricultural spillovers
Michael Perelman writes:
I got a B- in an ag. econ. policy class in grad school for making such a
suggestion [that marijuana growth & sales may help other sectors] on the test. The prof. was otherwise a free marketeer, but not with respect
The subtitle of the book by Andro Linklater, a Scot living in Kent, is in fact
How an Untamed Wilderness Shaped the United States and Fulfilled the
Promise of Democracy
The blurb I read yesterday explicitly noted the importance of land
measurement in laying the foundation for capitalism in th
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