| IRONIC
TIMES MAN OF THE YEAR |
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Donald H. Rumsfeld
From his deft handling of the
"cakewalk" in Iraq to his
sensitive and reassuring  meetings
with troops headed there, no one
quite encapsulated the heady and
exultant success of our liberation
of the Iraqi people better than the man who
was its prime architect, the wise and witty
Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld,
our Man of the Year for 2004. |
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| WORLD NEWS |
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Ukrainians Turn Out in Large
Numbers for Revote
Many drawn to polls by offer of free
soup. |
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Survey: Most Europeans Hate
Americans
But majority would become ignorant,
arrogant, complacent international
bullies like us if they could. |
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| ALSO IN THE NEWS . . . |
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Conservative
Group Mounts Campaign to
Kick United Nations Out
of U.S.
Would replace New York
headquarters (shown) with
an IHOP. |
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| U. S. NEWS |
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Stock Market Hits 3½-Year
High
Poor holiday sales, exploding deficit,
sinking dollar, endless quagmire in Iraq
all combine to fuel rally. |
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Bush Removes Protections From
National Forests
But adds protections to National Cement
Refuge. |
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Texas Woman Pays $50,000
For Clone of Dead Cat
Hopes to rid house of cloned mice. |
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| Bush
Reveals Four-Step Plan
for Working With New
Senate |
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1. |
Sit. |
| 2.
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Stay. |
| 3. |
Roll over. |
| 4. |
Confirm all
previously rejected
judges. |
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| YEAR IN REVIEW - 2004 |
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2004’s Hottest Trends:
Blogs, Cellphones
2004's coldest trends: conversation,
personal interaction. |
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Rich-Poor Gap Widens
Greatest disparity since Paleolithic Era,
say experts. |
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| MEDIA |
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Scott Peterson Trial Year's
Top Story
War in Iraq, presidential election next. |
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