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Thursday, May 05, 2005

New York Times columnist Bob Herbert’s new book Promises Betrayed: Waking Up from the American Dream is a collection of some of his recent columns focused on the failure of American society to live up to the promise of “liberty and justice for all.” Also: the authors of two recent memoirs about being fat and female, Wendy McClure (I’m Not the New Me) and Judith Moore (Fat Girl: a true story) compare notes and share stories.

London Calling

Sir Philip Thomas British Consul General
- on the grenede blast at the building that houses the British Consul here in New York
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Anthony Kuhn NPR correspondent in London
- on how the bombing at the New York UK consulate is playing out in the ...

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On the Waterfront

Phil DePaulo Community Liason for the People's Firehouse a community organization in Northern Brooklyn
- on why the plan to develop the waterfront is bad for the residents in the area
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Kent Barwick President of the Municipal Arts Society is a private, non-profit organization that champions ...

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Fat is the New Thin

Wendy McClurecreator of the online journal "Pound" and the humor site "Candyboots," a columnist for Bust Magazine and a founding contributor to the website "Television Without Pity" and author, I'm Not the New Me: A Memoir(Riverhead Books, 2005)
» Pound
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Judith Moore author, Fat ...

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Dream On

Bob Herbert New York Times columnist and author, Promises Betrayed: Waking up from the American Dream (Times Books, 2005)

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New York 51: District 30

Dennis Gallagher City Council Member, District 30 ( R )
- on District 30
» Dennis Gallagher

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