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Friday, December 30, 2005

A new Pope, two Supreme Court vacancies, and the London subway bombings. It’s the end of the year and time to see how much have you been paying attention to the year’s news with the annual Brian Lehrer Show news quiz.

Promises, Promises

Elisa Hyman, deputy director at Advocates for Children,
and
Mark Levitan, senior policy analyst, Community Service Society of New York, a non-profit anti-poverty organization,
and
Hilary Botein, Coordinator for Housing First!, an affordable housing advocacy group
- check in on Mayor Bloomberg's campaign promises for ...

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Listless Thinking

Verlyn Klinkenborg, writer and member of the editorial board of the New York Times and author Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile (Knopf, 2006)
- on his aversion to year-end listmaking

» Verlyn Klinkenborg's article on lists in the New York Times (regisration ...

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News Quiz!

Mark Halperin, political director for ABC News and editor of the political newsletter, The Note,
- listeners put their knowledge of the year's news events to the test
» ABC News' The Note

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