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Notability

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In slate , tim noah , wikipedia
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On February 24, 2007
Tim Noah:But the terms of eviction from Wikipedia raise a larger issue than the bruised ego of one scribbler (or Jungian analyst or anime artist or Finnish security consultant). Why does Wikipedia have a "notability" standard at all?First, the fact of Tim Noah's eviction from...
Another U.S. Attorney is fired. According to the WaPo story Jeralyn points us to:Deputy Attorney General Paul J. McNulty told senators earlier this month that all but one of the prosecutors were fired for "performance-related" reasons. McNulty said that former U.S. attorney Bud Cummins of...

Trails of Tears

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In ethnic cleansing
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On February 24, 2007
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Senate's 1831 ratification of a treaty between the US and the Choctaw nation, which had agreed the previous fall to give up 11 million acres of land in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. This was the first of the removal...
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