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May 14 , 2003
Obituaries in Advance
While all news organizations prepare obituaries in advance of the deaths of famous individuals, the folks at CNN inadvertently gave the Internet-surfing public a chance to preview how the network's web site would note the demise of Vice President Dick Cheney, Ronald Reagan, and a few other prominent figures.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/cnnobit1.html

The Scandal of Product Rebates
When a rebate isn't received, some customers take the time to call or write the offending company. They're often given the runaround, but after persisting, then, and only then, does a check arrive. This is so widespread that the Washington Post posited that some companies might only send rebates to customers who persistently follow up.
http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2003/commentary030410JF.htm

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Great American Speeches
One of the most comprehensive online collections of speech texts of contemporary American History. Here you can read the speeches and backgrounds of many of the most influential and poignant speakers of the recorded age. http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/
"If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
- Anatole France (Jacques Anatole Thibault)

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