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Friday, January 16, 2004
Human Characters
We have undertaken space travel because the desire to explore and understand is part of our character. This is how President George W. Bush announced his visions for new space programs.
SMH undertakes a historical exploration of puzzling characters such as GGs...
· the daughters of convict sluts - were able to look down on Governor Lachlan Macquarie's home from the top storey of the orphanage
Paul O'Neill continues to try and explain why he was so involved in Ron Suskind's new book. He says he wanted to participate in a book that reveals the inner workings of the Bush administration because he believes the current political system badly stifles meaningful debate on public issues and needs to be fixed. And in his own words:
I hope people will read it because I think it makes a contribution to illuminating, especially for young people, what I consider to be a bipartisan, broken political process.
PS: Winners of this year's John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals, Kate DiCamillo and Mordicai Gerstein, respectively, were announced today at the 2004 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in San Diego...
WH Smith REVENGE