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The Times of India has a story today on a tribal woman in a village in Madhya Pradesh who…
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18 May, 2008
If John McCain Wants To Beat Barack Obama In November…
... he’s got to make sure jokers like Kevin James keep their mouth shut. Watch this:
The fun starts about two minutes in.
In the interest of balance, here’s an old clip of an Obama supporter in a similar jam.
(Link via email from Gaurav Sabnis.)
Posted by Amit Varma in
Politics
Vanity Fair
Covers, Portraits & an article by Hitchens.
Literary Oddities
A Mefi post with links to “Unusual books. Unusual art made from books. Unusual bookcover. Unusual bookshelves. Unusual bookstore.”
By Sanjeev Naik in Arts and entertainment | Oddball | The visual arts
New York Cricket Club
Netherland is an Indian novel accidentally written by an Irishman
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The Desperate Passion of Ben Foster
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#106 - Generalissimo 76
Sample clues
9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
