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Friday, October 10th, 2008
Cast a Vote That Actually Matters
All of the focus in national media is on the presidential election. McCain or Obama? Palin or Biden? Naturally the decision on the leader of our country’s government is going to attract a lot of attention. It is important to remember that there are lots of other, smaller positions being decided on election day. As [...]
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7 Comments » - Posted in Current Events, Politics, Society by Claire D
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
Fear Mr. Thirsty
Everyone (I hope) visits the dentist regularly for check-ups and cleanings. It is pretty much the same scenario every time. You go in, the hygienist sticks the saliva ejector into your mouth and goes to town scraping and spraying and asking you questions you are incapable of answering.
As she works your mouth fills uncomfortably with [...]
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9 Comments » - Posted in Current Events, Science, Technology by Claire D
Friday, July 18th, 2008
The Olympics - Elitist Nonsense, Then and Now
In ancient Greece, the Olympics was an athletic competition between city states that only free men who spoke Greek were allowed to participate in. Furthermore, athletes had to qualify, have their name in the lists and take an oath before Zeus that they had been training for 10 months or more. Also, only the most [...]
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17 Comments » - Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Exercise, History, Sports by Claire D
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Starbucks Fights Cavities
It might seem counterintuitive. They do carry 15 flavors of sugary syrups and a variety of powdered sugars and fats ready to be liquified and sucked down. But they have another weapon up their little corporate sleeves: Starbucks After Coffee Chewing Gum. Available in four flavors, the gum is sugarless, and [...]
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9 Comments » - Posted in Food Review, Science, Technology by Claire D
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Highway Menace
Every time I drive to school in the morning I am faced with a menacing situation that causes drivers to slam on their brakes, stop suddenly in the middle of a busy highway or crawl along at 30 mph below the posted speed limit. No, I am not talking about a massive fruit truck [...]
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