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Sixteen Words

Monday, July 14, 2003

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  TRAVELOGUE!Kuwait Here. I'll Be Right Back: Here's Chapter 1: A Middle Seat
  Chapter 2: Then Air France Lost Everything Else
  Chapter 3: It's Africa Hot
  Chapter 4: Voting Day

• "� Grad Student �"
  
  
  I suggested to this young man that when he is ready for the oral defense of his dissertation he should do the following: Walk in, throw the dissertation on the table in front of the professors and say, "MI-5 liked it," turn around and walk out.

  This from a scholar who took something over seven years to earn his bachelor's degree.

• "� MI-5 �" This from the U.K. Security Service website:

  The Security Service is the UK's security intelligence agency. Our purpose is to protect national security and economic well-being, and to support the law enforcement agencies in preventing and detecting serious crime.

  We do so by collecting and disseminating intelligence; investigating and assessing threats, and working with others to counter them; advising on protection, and providing effective support for those tasks.

  The answer to your next question is this: The Secret Intelligence Service, sometimes known as MI-6, originated in 1909 as the Foreign Section of the Secret Service Bureau. MI-6 was the organization (organisation) for which James Bond worked.

• "� Hans Blix �" Here's a short example of Hans Blix attempting to boost his speaking fees by dumping on Prime Minister Tony Blair.

• "� Turkoman �" The Turkoman population of Iraq is a small minority which used to inhabit the territory now occupied by the Kurdish population.

• Mullfoto of the Day:
  
  
  
  
  This was the name plate in front of the foreign policy advisor to Senator Sam Brownback at a luncheon meeting at the University of Kuwait.

  Just when we thought the gender issues were beginning to be dealt with...
  
  
  
  
  
  

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                  World War II Poster
  

•     Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:
  
                                  Separated at Birth?

  (Kerry Photo: Ellen Ozier/Reuters ) ____________________________________________________________________________________