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2006 in Review, 3rd Quarter
2006 in Review, 3rd Quarter
Nov 17, 2024 8:26 PM

Our series on the year in review continues with the third fourth of 2006:

July

“Isn’t the Cold War Over?” David Michael Phelps

I’ve got an idea for a new . Titled, Hugo and Vladi, it details the zany adventures of two world leaders, one of whom (played by David Hyde Pierce) struggles to upkeep his image of a friendly, modern European diplomat while his goofball brother-in-law (played by George Lopez) keeps screwing it up for him by spouting off vitriolic Soviet rhetoric and threatening all of Western civilization with his agressive (but loveable) arms sales and seizures of private panies….

August

“Wealth, Envy, and Happiness,” Jordan J. Ballor

This natural tendency pare our financial status to others is an expression of money envy, which also finds expression, at least in part, in the concern about e disparities….

September

“DDT Breakthrough at the WHO,” John Couretas

Africans are hailing a major shift in policy at the World Health Organization: A mendation for the limited, indoor use of DDT to control malaria….

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