historyishere

historyishere

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You know... I trust the engineer/designer on this one... he has gone on the record as saying that the intensity of the heat involved made faliure unavoidable(because while strong, the steel involved couldn't withstand being baked at the temperatures involved for a long period of time), and it would only take a failure on ONE floor to bring the whole thing down. He then used a small model to show what he was talking about. Basically, the weight above th

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I think the plausible explanation is that Clinton didn't commit ground troops to a war in Iraq during his 8 years in office, and if someone was going to go through the trouble of labeling a war by the presidency it took place under, then Clinton doesn't really come into this picture. To me, it seems like the simplest explanation. At any rate, I find the term "the Bushes War" to be sort of silly anyway.

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Roger Ebert, after panning the movie and having Mr. Gallo hex his colon stated that his colonoscopy would be more entertaining to watch than the original cut of the Brown Bunny.

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Just when I thought that this story would die down, now we have a new wrinkle in this whole engagement. Ralph Nader has come to the defense of Terrell Owens as the founder of the "League of Fans". He is asking that the Eagles' CEO re-instate T.O. on the grounds that a) he should be able to have his right to free speech and b) that by the organization's actions, they a

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Some lunatic will take a chance on Owens There was one team on that list when I saw it that just clicked and made me think that it was actually possible. Atlanta was one of the possibilities, and for the right price I could almost see him playing there. This morning I remembered something odd too... my first season in Madden 2005(I think that it was the first year they had player persona

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Owens summoned police to his house in Moorestown, N.J., late Monday because there were some people on his property. Owens said he wanted to be left alone, had no comment and would contact the news media when he did want to speak, police at the scene said. Later, two pizzas were delivered to Owens' home. Someone answered

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I was always a fan of the Unreal Tournament series, and for the consoles, you can probably get Unreal Championship for a good price.

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Holy TO! After tanking it to Washington, I thought they would try to patch it up! I like the move myself... as many sports writers have said, it is something they should have done earlier in the year.

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