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| | August By David Plotz |
 | | August was created by politics, and it can be undone by politics. | | | August is a popular month for coups and violent crime. | | | Purists will insist that we shouldn't tinker with the months, that August should be left alone because it has done workmanlike service for 2,000 years. |
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http://www.slate.com/id/112553
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| | The History Place - This Month in History |
| | The days and weeks leading up to their execution aroused worldwide protests amid accusations of unfair treatment because they had radical political views and were Italian. | | | - Following the unsuccessful coup of August 19-21, the Soviet Communist Party was suspended, thus ending the institution that ruled the Soviet Union for nearly 75 years. | | | - Bill Clinton, the 42nd U.S. President was born in Hope, Arkansas, August 19, 1946. |
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http://www.historyplace.com/specials/calendar/august.htm
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| | This Month In UFO History |
| | August 8, 1980 - Kirkland AFB UFO Encounters | | | August 6, 1997 - Massive UFO Video Hoax | | | It continually buzzed the city in the dark, leaving residents believing that it was a flyer afraid to land in darkness. |
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http://www.rense.com/general39/tm_aug.htm
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| | CNN.com - Special Reports |
| | Ivanov was collecting water from a source near Suwayrah, Iraq, when he was killed by the explosion of a remote-controlled land-mine on August 15, 2004. | | | Died in an non-hostile accident at al Amara, Iraq, on August 4, 2004 | | | Killed in a mortar attack on his camp in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 25, 2004 |
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http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/2004.08.html
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| | CNN/TIME - America's Best |
| | August says that when he writes he leaves some blood on the page. | | | August was a poet before he became a playwright, and poetry is still part of the language his characters speak. | | | I always felt he was one of those characters I wish I had really known. |
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http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/americasbest/pro.awilson.html
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| | Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : August (Monthly Overview) |
| | "No one who has fled to her protection is left unaided" is the claim of the Memorare of St. Bernard (August 20). | | | We present-day members of the Mystical Body are certain of the reward to which we are called, for Christ’s Transfigured body (August 6) is a preview of that glory. | | | Moreover, in the Assumption of his Mother (August 15), Our Lord has demonstrated his fidelity to his promise. |
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http://www.catholicculture.org/lit/overviews/months/08.cfm
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| | August |
| | Now the improved fact finding skills developed by the Census Bureau during the last 100 years make it possible to record findings on the 284.8 million people in this country today. | | | On August 6, 1945, America dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. | | | The Medal of Honor that is now the Purple Heart actually began as the 'Badge of Military Merit.' On August 7th, 1782 in Newburgh, New York, General George Washington designed a new badge of distinction... |
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http://www.classbrain.com/artholiday/publish/cat_index_10.shtml
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| | August J. Pollak - xoverboard.com |
| | Someone actually called my office last night and left a voicemail saying "Newsweek lied, people died, fuckwit!" And he tried saying it in this low growling voice to be all scary and stuff despite sounding like he was, I don't know, fifteen or something. | | | And so I'm going to note that Campus Progress has opened its Summer Blogathon, an opportunity for members who sign up for personal blogs on our site to write, get their writing noticed, and have a place for the Summer to cover political and social goings-on. | | | That said, a lot of them write me and want to get links to their blogs, want their writing noticed, and stuff like that. |
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http://www.xoverboard.com/blogarchive/week_2005_05_15.html#001302
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| | August 1999 news archive: Digital Photography Review |
| | Saturday, 21 August 1999 Nikon D1 Hands-on preview | | | Steve managed to get his hands on the leaflet from which came our news article of a few days ago, he's posted it up on his site. | | | Steve managed to get his hands on one of the first Fuji MX2900's, he's written a user review of the camera which is officially launched today (17th August) @ MSRP of $899. |
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http://www.dpreview.com/news/9908/archive.asp
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| | August - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Coincidentally, some unfortunate polical events took place in August, like the suicide of the then President Getúlio Vargas. | | | In 1945 the end of the Second World War was brought about following the August 6 bombing of Hiroshima and August 9 bombing of Nagasaki in the first and only use of nuclear weapons against civilian targets. | | | Augustus placed the month where it is because that is when Cleopatra died. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August
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| | August 2003 |
| | On August 6 the Pachakutik party leaves the government. | | | On August 6 he takes a leave of absence from his post so that he can legally run for president, and delegates authority to his predecessor, Artur Rasizade. | | | On August 20 the parliament approves Hazret Huade as new prime minister. |
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http://rulers.org/2003-08.html
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| | August 2002 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This page was last modified 18:56, 16 February 2006. | | | Israeli troops and 30 tanks push into northern Gaza, killing a Palestinian policeman. | | | These come in response to the attacks of August 4 listed below. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2002
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| | the August Homepage |
| | August moves his head according to the users movements, detected with the camera eye | | | A video of the set-up of the August system (mpg-format 2.1M) or (mpg-format 18M) | | | August communicates using synthetic speech, facial expressions and head movements |
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http://www.speech.kth.se/august
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| | August 2004 |
| | Russia: Presidential elections in Chechnya are won by Alu Alkhanov with 73.7% of the vote against 9% for Movsur Khamidov. | | | Lee Hsien Loong is sworn in as prime minister on August 12. | | | On August 28 Governor-General Faimalaga Luka makes two abortive attempts to elect a new prime minister; according to the constitution a by-election for the vacant seat must be held first. |
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http://rulers.org/2004-08.html
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| | 15th August - encyclopedia article about 15th August. |
| | August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | August 15 - Battle of Roncevaux, in which Charlemagne's rear guard, commanded by his nephew Roland, was slaughtered. |
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http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/15th+August
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| | August Home Page |
| | August.net is an internet service provider (ISP) founded by members of August Associates. | | | The State of Washington (Dept of Labor and Industries) | | | You can view August Associates staff members here |
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| | The Weather of August 2002 |
| | More than 200 millimeters of rainfall fell over Kwai Chung and Shatin and 5 reports of flooding were received on that day. | | | On 27 August, hot weather was blamed for the death of a 50-year-old man who suffered from sunstroke while hiking in Sai Kung. | | | The temperature also rose to 33.0 degrees the same day, the highest this month. |
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http://www.geocities.com/wwhk3/monthweather/2002/200208weather.html
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| | Technorati Tag: august |
| | This page shows blog posts, photos, and links that have been tagged august. | | | August Book Buy an august book at SHOP.COM. | | | Find Your August Ancestors Now Find August family history records. |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/august
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| | Welcome to August Capital |
| | Including the most recent August fund which was formed in Q1 2005, August has raised four funds and has over $1.3 billion of capital under management. | | | August Capital Announces $550 Million August IV Fund » | | | At August Capital, we operate with a longer-term view towards our portfolio companies. |
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| | August 2000 news archive: Digital Photography Review |
| | Wednesday, 2 August 2000 Yamada posts Olympus C-2100UZ samples | | | Jeff over at DCResource has just posted his review of Olympus's D-490Z. | | | The monthly bi-lingual digital camera webzine Megapixel.Net have just released their August edition, under the reviewers eye this month is the Sony DSC-S30, Canon's PowerShot S100 (Digital ELPH / IXUS / IXY) and the Ricoh RDC-7 (about which they had some kind words). |
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http://www.dpreview.com/news/0008/archive.asp
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| | August homepage |
| | This particular release creates a lot of buffer files that isn't erased when August is shut down, so there may be large number of files there. | | | 1999-09-12 August 0.42 released + some additions to this site. | | | If you have been running August 0.42, you'd better take a look at the hidden.August subdirectory in your home directory. |
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http://www.bostream.nu/johanb/august
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| | johnaugust.com |
| | This site is run by screenwriter John August. | | | You'll also find info on past, present and future projects. |
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| | August |
| | This is addressed in comments from Bogart, Pederson and Associates letter of August 26, 2002 (copy on file in Clerk/Treasurers Office), the street width is acceptable. | | | Engineering issues as stated in review letter from Hakanson/Anderson Assoc. | | | Schwarting reported there have been 70 working days as of last Friday, August 19 and 37 delay days based on rain fall. |
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http://www.livoniatownship.org/August.html
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| | Tropical Weather Summary |
| | THUS FAR IN 2005...THERE HAVE BEEN 12 NAMED STORMS AND FOUR HURRICANES. | | | TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN DEVELOPED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE ON 13 AUGUST ABOUT 1000 MILES EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. | | | IT DEVELOPED INTO A DEPRESSION ON 4 AUGUST ABOUT 690 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS...BUT TURNED NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS COOLER WATERS. |
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http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/tws/MIATWSAT_aug.shtml
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| | August.Net |
| | August.Net is a Texas based Internet Service Provider operated by IP network engineers and is an industry leader in providing business-grade internet connectivity. | | | August delivers professional network services such as T-1, |
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| | August (1996) |
| | I have seen this movie and would like to comment on it | | | Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for August (1996) |
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| | August |
| | A lover might press a rose into a book; I put postcards and pictures and notes into my books. | | | Looking something up the other day I came across a note from August 24. | | | The August Meyer Minutes are available in a pdf file or a Microsoft word file. |
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| | Lawrence Lessig |
| | The DVD of the film is about to be released on August 30th. | | | Of course, Xerox was the originator of the GUI and the mouse in the first place (with more visionary executives, we could be bitching about them today instead of Microsoft or Apple…heh). |
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| | WBA Today in History - August |
| | Williams allegedly conspired with Mitchell to throw his August 12, 2000, bout with Richie Melito in Las Vegas, which Melito won via first-round knockout. |
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| | Star Wars: Biography Pernilla August |
| | August's theatre credits include: The Dream Play, Hamlet, for which she won the British Drama Magazine's Best Supporting Actress Award playing Ophelia, The Dolls House and The Winter's Tale, all directed by Ingmar Bergman and performed at the National Theater of Sweden. | | | Swedish actress Pernilla August won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992 for her performance in The Best Intentions, directed by Bille August and written by Ingmar Bergman. | | | starwars.com > Biography > Cast > Pernilla August |
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| | JR's Memoirs -- What a long strange trip ... - CBS SportsLine.com |
| | And since U2 was earlier mentioned, here's an interesting story that ran in my hometown paper Monday morning -- there's a short Bono reference in there. | | | Happy August, Happy B-Day JG and Have a Grateful! | | | No messages have been posted to this forum. |
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http://cbs.sportsline.com/columns/weblogs/entry/9214/082005
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| | August (1996) - MovieWeb |
| | Ieuan(Anthony Hopkins), who has managed the estate for many years for little reward, has fallen passionately in love with Helen Blaithwaite (Rate Burton), but his passion, as yet, is unrequited. | | | It is a sultry August, and the Davies household has visitors. |
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| | Festival and Celebrations Manual in August |
| | This fair, held in the provincial capital of Lamphun about half and hours south of Chiang Mai, features a contest to judge the best fruit and another to select the annual Miss Lamyai | | | Setfree Turtle to sea Custom, August 12, Ranong. | | | Longan known in Thai as lamyai is one of the size fruits grown in northern Thailand, and the peak of the harvest season occurs during August. |
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| | August Index |
| | Burma Shakeup: Sign of Disunity Among the Generals | | | Another 8th August and the struggle goes on |
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http://www.mizzima.com/mizzima/archives/news-in-2005/news-in-Aug
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| | John August |
| | Find where John August is credited alongside another name | | | Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for John August | | | You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. |
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| | IE flaw opens door to infection on sight Tech News on ZDNet |
| | Microsoft has issued alerts on several security flaws in Windows, the most serious of which could allow an attacker to gain control over a computer. | | | IE flaw opens door to infection on sight | | | Published on ZDNet News: August 9, 2005, 2:08 PM PT Forward in |
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| | Eric Clapton : August - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
| | That radio support may have helped the album to achieve gold status in less than six months, Clapton's best commercial showing since 1981's Another Ticket, despite the album's failure to generate a hit single. | | | The title commemorates the birth in August 1986 of Clapton's son Conor. | | | Browse artists: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # |
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| | AUGUST |
| | 1936: Jesse Owens, the great black US athlete, began his series of victories at the Berlin Olympics, lasting from this day until August 5. | | | In that time he won gold medals in the long jump, the 100 metres, and the 200 metres. |
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| | August Inc lounge seating, chairs, sofas, benches, modular furniture, college,library, GSA Contract, hospital lobby, ... |
| | August Inc lounge seating, chairs, sofas, benches, modular furniture, college,library, GSA Contract, hospital lobby, office reception, sports center, airport waiting |
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| | Flickr: Photos tagged with august |
| | You can assign as many tags as you wish to each photo. | | | Feeds for photos tagged with august Available as RSS 2.0 and Atom | | | NEW Explore and refine august photos with our brand new clustery goodness! |
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| | August |
| | The Gasthof Amish Village located in Montgomery, IN in the heart of southern Indiana's Amish country hosts a annual quilt auction Saturday August 7th, 2004. | | | For more info contact Clark Martin at 812-663-7869 or visit www.greensburgpowerofthepast.org |
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| | German-world.com Event Calender |
| | Get your own Web Database - for FREE! | | | August 21, 4 PM Dance to the Music of The Alpiners |
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