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Tidbits & Outrages.


No, no, it's "duuuuuude."

A CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc.
CD-ROM
 in full compact disc read-only memory

Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser).
 series popular in Italy uses clips from "Beverly Hills 90210" to teach proper pronunciation of English words.

But will they serve iceberg lettuce?

The San Francisco Port Commission is considering a proposal to construct a 860-foot long, 568-room floating hotel modeled after the doomed Titanic.

Plus free checking.

The Seychelles government passed legislation stating that anyone depositing at least $10 million in one of the nation's banks should be given citizenship.

OK, OK, I YIELD THE FLOOR

Congressman George Nakano from California is a fifth degree blackbelt in kendo kendo: martial arts.
kendo

Japanese sport of fencing with bamboo swords. Derived from the fighting methods of the ancient samurai, it was introduced in the 18th century.
.

We're looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 a few sick men.

A hotline has been set up to locate 100,000 people born at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
, where the Marine Corps base's drinking water drinking water

supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g.
 was contaminated with chemicals linked to cancers and birth defects.

White House Outhouse

A man on a public tour of the White House was arrested for urinating in the Green Room.

They should have a halftime show

Twice as many people watched the last Super Bowl as all the presidential debates.
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Title Annotation:News Briefs
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Date:Dec 1, 2000
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