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Noam Chomsky, BBC HardTalk 18/11/2009

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Noam Chomsky is one of the world’s most prominent and controversial public intellectuals. He is an internationally renowned professor of linguistics, but he is also a longstanding critic of US foreign policy and the influence of big business over the American government.

Noam Chomsky told HARDtalk the war in Afghanistan is “immoral”

He spoke to Stephen Sackur in a HARDtalk interview recorded on 3rd November 2009.

Teen Texting: Do You Know What The Codes Mean? Chicago Tribune 20/7/2009

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By Mandy Murphey

KPC stands for keeping parents clueless. Apparently most parents are clueless when it comes to understanding their teenagers text messages. It is a sign of the times. Teens use slang and acronyms to keep parents in the dark. A recent study in USA Today found the messages that are being sent and received are risque and often an avenue for trouble. The national Center for Missing and Exploited Children conducted the study and found that one in five teens has sexted.

Study: Well placed @*!$&# can ease physical pain, Chicago Tribune 13/7/2009

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By Eli Stokols – Reporter

DENVER

Tim Hlavac nearly lost his eye Monday when a grinder got loose on a construction site and hit him in the face, obliterating his safety goggles and leaving an inch-long gash on the right side of his nose.

Slang submitted by readers, Chicago Tribune 24/11/2009

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Slang terms submitted by Chicago Tribune readers.

Goo-goo put-down should go-go, The Swamp 17/2/2009

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by Frank James

On his “Change of Subject” blog, Eric Zorn suggests Illinoisans, and presumably Americans beyond the Land of Lincoln, stop snickering at good-government activists as “goo-goos, a put-down meant to suggest that they’re idealistic, head-in-the-clouds dreamers.