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Borne Back Ceaselessly into the Past

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Monday, July 12, 2004

This week the New York Times will reprint F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel “The Great Gatsby” in serial form. Part of the novel’s enduring appeal, says Charles Scribner III, is the theme of self-reinvention, embodied in the character of Jay Gatsby.

Poll Dancing

Douglas Schoen democratic pollster, founding partner and a principal strategist of Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates, a market research company, and author, On the Campaign Trail: The Long Road of Presidential Politics, 1860-2004 (Regan Books, 2004)on the Presidential campaigns and the news from the Sunday shows and ...

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Looking for New Recruits

John Gillette Lieutenant Colonel, Battalion Commander of Army Recruiting Battalion, New York City shares his efforts to get new enlistees for the Army

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Sign At The Dotted Line

Diana Fortuna President of the Citizens' Budget Commission has a plan to reform Albany fast

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Billboard

Jessica Graham Reporter, WNYC discusses the dispute between Clear Channel and Project Billboard, also the possibility of anarchist thwarting police efforts
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Chris Dunn Associate Legal Director, New York Civil Liberties Union on the dispute between Clear Channel and Project Billboard on a proposed protest billboard in Times ...

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Borne Back Ceaselessly into the Past

Charles Scribner III shares the spirit of the American classic The Great Gatsby

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Election Protection

Should the Presidential election be postponed in the event of a terrorist attack? Today's Newsweek story that Tom Ridge sought guidance from the Justice Department brought a flood of diverging opinions. Some smelled a conspiracy, while others were angry at the media for bring the issue up at all.

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