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Likability won't matter as much as you think

By Tony Sams · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:19 p.m.

A few weeks ago I was chatting on the telephone with Mickey Carroll, the director of the Polling Institute at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. The institute had released a national poll that put a rather interesting twist on the presidential race, and it snagged my attention. "I'm always worried people will think we're being wiseguys or frivolous or kidding around," Caroll said in a thick New York accent.

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Where's moral clarity?

By Jeff Lightfoot · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:18 p.m.

With the Indiana Pacers no longer in the hunt for an NBA title and the summer television season now in full swing, there was no escape from last weekend's media onslaught. Breathless anchors praised the courage of the veterans of D-Day and extolled the optimistic oration of the late President Ronald Reagan. The networks often seemed unsure of how to balance these two titanic events, jumping from World War II to the Cold War with transitions smooth enough to give viewers whiplash. All the while there was a common theme linking D-Day to the Reagan's presidency, an ideal that is missing from our current struggle in Iraq.

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Comments on false nerdism

By Jordan DeLong · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:17 p.m.

I hate style nowadays. I can't stand how dorky things are all of a sudden becoming mainstream. I remember a time when nerdy was still nerdy, retro meant old and you got made fun of if you wore plastic glasses. It was a simpler time: There were the people chasing trends, and then there were the few nerds who weren't buying. We didn't have new Air Jordans, but we did have our trusty Chucks. Instead of struggling through early '90s pop, we dusted off the old classics or listened to independent artists. We may not have been interested in shooting the three-point buzzer-beater, but we were passionate about RAM, hard drives and trackballs.

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U.S. military to pull out from Korean border

By Alyson Brodsy and Hans Greimel · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:15 p.m.

PANMUNJOM, Korea -- The U.S. military is on track to pull almost all its troops from their last outpost on the tense border with North Korea by October, a U.S. Army officer said Wednesday, amid discord over relocation plans. The two allies were also eyeing more negotiations over a U.S. troop withdrawal proposal that would be the largest reduction of American forces on the divided Korean Peninsula in three decades.

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So much for liking good music

By -Nate Bethea · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:15 p.m.

I'll be honest -- I bought the hype, caved in to peer pressure and went out and bought a copy of Xiu Xiu's Fabulous Muscles.

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The bad manner of Chicago

By Emily Cooper · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:15 p.m.

As I got off the phone with a man working for a Chicagoland newspaper, I shook my head and realized that the phone call had confirmed my suspicions about the rudeness entrapping Chicago. My current task in my Brown County Convention and Visitors Bureau internship is to update our media database. So I called this fellow, explaining who I was and asking if I could have a moment of his time to verify some information. Expecting a polite "uh-huh" on the other end, I began to read his contact information to him but was interrupted by a loud, nasal snort.

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Positive steps for Iraq

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:14 p.m.

President Bush received an impressive victory Tuesday at the United Nations. The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting a new Iraqi government and expressed their full intention to help direct Iraq toward democratic elections next year. This victory brings us a step further toward getting our policy in Iraq back on course after a number of staggering defeats in winning the peace.

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Arrest rates more complex

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, June 9,2004 9:13 p.m.

Although parents across the country might be shocked and appalled by our recent placement at the top of a national survey of drug and alcohol arrests in 2002, we believe we must determine why we were placed there and if the survey accurately reflects arrests.

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FIFTIES FLASHBACK

By Leslie Benson · Wednesday, June 9,2004 7:28 p.m.

Picture the 1950s: black and white television shows, root beer stands, Elvis Presley beginning to sway his hips, sweet southern ladies on the radio, greased-back hair, sock hops, knee-length skirts, pony tails and rolled-up jeans.

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Leave 'Auf der Maur' on 'der' shelf

By -Nate Bethea · Wednesday, June 9,2004 6:12 p.m.

Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur's name is probably familiar to any modern rock fan because she has played in and with some of the most prominent bands and artists of '90s alternative rock.

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AURAL SOUNDSCAPE

By Leslie Benson · Wednesday, June 9,2004 5:40 p.m.

Thrill Jockey band Tortoise performs songs a la tropical jam band style, though the quintet is comprised of Chicago-based musicians who have switched arms countless times over the band's 10 year span.

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Bush, Chirac use ceremonies to revive declining relations

By Alyson Brodsy and Jamey Keaten · Sunday, June 6,2004 10:13 p.m.

ARROMANCHES, France -- Near the five beaches where waves of Allied soldiers stormed ashore 60 years ago, world leaders put aside their differences Sunday to commemorate the D-Day invasion that broke Nazi Germany's grip on continental Europe. President Bush and French President Jacques Chirac used the opportunity to reinvigorate the flagging U.S.-European bond cemented during World War II.

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