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Not a major planet

The weekend tests of an apparent nuclear weapon by North Korea bring the fourth horseman to the apocalyptic party that the world has now become. There is now a kind of "atomic crescent" of states whose motives for possessing - and possibly using - nuclear weapons differ from those of the old order. The good news is that there are plenty of other planets in the universe.

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Undercover work isn't always popular in Aspen, but "to quote a movie, 'our job is to protect democracy, not to practice it,'" [DEA Agent Jeffrey] Sweetin said.

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"We face an enemy that has an ideology,'' Mr. Bush continued. "They believe things. The best way to describe their ideology is to relate to you the fact that they think the opposite of the way we think."

Let me straighten you out on this, George. They think the way you and your cronies think. It's me and over 60% of my fellow Americans who think the opposite of what you think.

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"War is the unfolding of miscalculations."
- Barbara Tuchman

OK, class, any examples spring to mind?

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"It's a sad day for humanity when promising young men choose to turn household items into bombs rather than drugs."