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MAHATMA GANDHI KI JAI!!!
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LETTUCE PREY
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to ati@etext.org
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Here is a website i'm working on to facilitate
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student activism...
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http://e-activism.sourceforge.net/main.php
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Peace,
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Aaron
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zap:
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figured this _might_ be good 'zine fodder. from the GWAC list
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(http://www.gwac.net) - a GWU student's little story. he posted
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it to a public list, so i say it's ok, if there's any place/space
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for it. :)
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-- m[oby/att]
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to ati@etext.org
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Dessert storm?
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ha!
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great site with great links.
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pies throughout history!
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made my day.
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--jd
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On Pickering,
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Call your senators and voice full support for stringing
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the bastard up. Right after you throw him out for soiling
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the carpet. The guy is a good ol' boy network bum.
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--donny
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Bush just shook the sabers.
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Rev up the military industrial complex.
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And if you disagree with us drilling in
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Alaska, violating clear air laws, backing
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Enron and basically doing whatever we want,
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then you're not a patriot.
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The doomsday clock just got closer to midnight.
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God and any other all seeing entity, help us all.
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--ibid.
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NUMBUS AMONGUS
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http://www.globalresearch.ca
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http://www.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/alien.swf
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http://www.hygienic.org/hygart23schedule.html
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http://thepits.be
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http://www.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=151184
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http://mke.indymedia.org
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http://www.alaska.net/~ggano
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http://www.geocities.com/sabkuch/ENG_LIST.HTM
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http://www.freespeech.org/kokopeli/grudge.html
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http://www.machination.org
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http://www.markfiore.com/paper.html
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http://www.computermusic.co.uk/tutorial/sc2/3.asp
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http://www.meerkat.org/~meerkat/sounds.html
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http://www.sinkers.org/latuff
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http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com
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http://eusalud.uninet.edu/Cursos/Html/sonido2.htm
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http://www.nonviolence.org/commentary/126.php
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http://www.spscriptorium.com/E602script.htm
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http://www.funnyprizes.com/pic56.htm
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http://www.ees.nmt.edu/lemnwezl/gy/gy.html
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http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=150949
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http://www.editorialcartoons.net/latuff-mideastmain.html
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http://www.geocities.com/mwrposse3
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http://www.wamc.org/meandmario.html
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http://www.musicforhackers.com
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http://e-activism.sourceforge.net/main.php
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http://sucks500.com
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http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=4381
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http://www.gregpalast.com
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http://www.vcdhelp.com
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http://www.shiitakemushrooms.org
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"being twenty in america sucks."
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-- moby, topified at zapatistas suggestion
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PUBLISHER'S COLUMN == 16mar02 2pm (nyc time)
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Associated Press Writer Sally Buzbee has written that Dick
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Cheney will tell the Saudis how important their base is to
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U.S. interests.
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"We are just as dependent on Saudi bases and Saudi military
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facilities today as we were on Sept. 10," she quotes Anthony
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Cordesman saying. He's a Gulf expert at the Center for Strategic
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and International Studies in Washington. "As we face the risks
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of proliferation and asymmetric warfare in the Gulf, that
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partnership will not become less important -- it will become
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more important."
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What will Cheney be told in response? The same thing Saudi
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Arabia said on the 9th of September. "Get the hell out."
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OK, not in so many words, but still. Look it up. What was
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Saudi Arabia's policy shift regarding U.S. open ended staging
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grounds for perpetual low intensity conflict over Iraq? Hmm.
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At about the same time the US and Israel were pulling out of
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the famous Race Conferences, too. You know, the ones that were
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far more important to the entire rest of planet earth. But
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not so for Israel and the US.
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"Doctor Henry Kissinger does not need this!" I imagine
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someone muttering under his breath in the third person.
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Saudi Arabia is going to tell Dick Cheney the same thing
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they said six months ago. They believe the US has gone too
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far with their so-called war against Hussein, neither the
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blockade, nor the war; not the sorti's, and most definitely
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not the genocide. None of this has worked in any way that
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the Saudis can recognize.
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Enough is too much, they will say.
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10 years was all you'll get.
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OK, different topic.
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Sorta.
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America's biggest problem is not her wars, her genocide,
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her endless red tape, her taxes, or her rude, ethnocentric,
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elitist, holier-than-thou self-defeatest disposition,
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although that's all part of it. No, her biggest problem is...
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http://radio.indymedia.org/local/webcast/uploads/metafiles/whileamericasatonhold.mp3
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http://www.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=149347
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http://radio.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=1076
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...that annoying faceless, spineless, bureaucratic
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hold muzak you have to hear everytime you turn
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around!!!
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And lastly,
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In a recent poll (not zogby, and not allowing even a
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.045 coefficient of error, much less .4) people answered
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the following question like so:
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Britney Spears: How Do You Feel About Her?
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57% Shallow, brains of a walnut
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14% Take her or leave her, like Hanson
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29% Smart cookie, there's hope for her yet
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[ref]=[http://artists.hubba.com/marcocapelli/poll_result.db?b=260]
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HURTS SO MUCH: FEELS SO GOOD!
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a poem by marco
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The ten-minute mile
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When you've let it all go
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And you're much plumper
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Than you'd prefer to be
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What do Billy Joel and p(R)esident Bush have in common?
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A Parody
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by One tough baked good
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Sing these lyrics to the Billy Joel song Pressure
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You have to learn to feed yourself
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Pretzels
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You chew like everybody else
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Pretzels
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You<EFBFBD>ve already drank liquids
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soft food
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But eating whole food is real
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Just like judicial voting review
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And Enron friends Kenneth Lay
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And they want you to eat
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Pretzels
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You used to stutter more on stage
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Pretzels
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But now your speaches are the rave
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Pretzels
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You turned to flag waving
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John Wayne and God
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Now here<72>s an Axis you will hate
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And nuclear bombs you want to build
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People in Kyoto you will forsake
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And you still can<61>t swallow Pretzels
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All grown up and no oil to drill
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Alaska 1, Wyoming 2
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Where is the thrill?
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All you<6F>re friends are Texas oil sluts
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The world thinks you<6F>re nuts
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Maybe a Putz
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Pretzels
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Pretzels
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Don't ask for help
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You're all alone
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Pretzels
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You<EFBFBD>ll have to stand
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in the rincon (corner -- Spanish)
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Pretzels
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I<EFBFBD>m sure you<6F>ll have some Ranch style rationale
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But here you are in the spot
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Where all greedy plots are hatched
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You<EFBFBD>ll speak of God and families
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But you still can<61>t swallow
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Pretzels
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Pretzels
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All your life is privilege from birth
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Millions net worth
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Owning the Earth
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Pretzels
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I<EFBFBD>m sure you<6F>ll have some Ranch style rationale
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But here you are with your faith
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And your Peter Pan advice
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You have no scars on your face
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And you cannot handle Pretzels
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Pretzels, Pretzels
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One, two, three, four
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Pretzels
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& FOUND IN SOME LIST...
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So I was flying out of BWI and I'm waiting to board the plane.
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I'm standing in line with my boarding pass, and surprise surprise,
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they tell me my name was flagged in the computer. So they pull me
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aside to go through all of my shit.
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The funny thing though, is that I was standing next to my idiot-
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mafioso-fireworks-making congressman, boarding the same flight.
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He was getting searched too. But it was so obvious that it was
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planned because he wasn't in line with everyone else to begin with,
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so that congressmen can show their constituents that they make
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sacrifices for "freedom" too. So I was chuckling to myself because
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the whole situation was just bizarre, and i turn to him and say "No
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special privileges for congressmen???" and he responds "NO, NONE!!!"
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And after they finish with him he says to me (and this is my new
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favorite quote!):
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"SEE THE SYSTEM WORKS! THEY CATCH EVERYONE, EVEN CONGRESSMEN."
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Which isn't exactly what I was thinking, as I handed over my fourth
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amendment right, so I replied:
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"Yeah, they also catch kids with Nader pins."
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He laughed.
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Dumbass.
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Have a good break
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"Pirates can happen to anyone."----Tom Stoppard
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============
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Guest Column
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============
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tHE wORld's riCHEST, aNOtHER reaSON not to sHOP at wal-mART
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The rich just keep getting ...
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(It's like a cybergame, look for your hidden exploiter)
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By Brenda Norrell
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By far the richest family in the world is the Wal-Mart family. There
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are no John Boy's in this Walton family. Five family members have $103
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billion, according to Forbes magazine.
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The five Waltons of Wal-Mart rank 6-10 in the richest billionaires in
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the world. They're much richer this year than last year.
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Bill Gates at Microsoft comes in as the richest man in the world, with
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$52.8 billion, and those aren't pesos either. But at least he is giving
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back a little, with new computers going to each community on the Navajo
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Nation and elsewhere on Indian lands. Microsoft's Paul Allen takes the
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number four spot.
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So, between the toilet paper and computer industries (Wal-Mart and
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Microsoft) there's $181 billion, give or take a little pocket change,
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more money than you can hide in a jar in the back yard.
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The big cheese at Wal-Mart and Microsoft have the biggest chunk of the
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world's personal wealth. They are 7 of the top 10 world billionaires.
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In fact, nine of the top ten billionaires are from the good ole U.S. of
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A. (The crowd cheers here, there's a steady roar...) There are 243 U.S.
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billionaires in all.
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There's only one out-of-towner on the top 10 list of
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who-you-want-to-take-you-to-dinner: Germany's Warren E.
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Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway at number 2.
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Forbes lists the BIG extended families with the BIG descended
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money separately. (They look a little poorer than they are.)
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These are the world<6C>s Dynasty billionaires, which means moldy old money
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with lots of family members looking for handouts: Rockefeller tops with
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$8.5 billion in the U.S. with Chase Manhattan Bank. Then comes Michelin
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(France/tires), Mellon (U.S. Alcoa aluminum, Texas oil), Porsche/Piech
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families (Austria/cars of course knothead), Bombardier (Canadian
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planes, trains and snowmobiles), Rothschild (France and United
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Kingdom/Swiss banks), Braun (Germany/Ludwig Georg/pharmaceuticals) and
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alas Italy<6C>s Lavazza (coffee and expresso maker.)
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The next world dynasty guys have supermarkets, beer and retail stuff.
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The other companies probably have their money broken up in small
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chunks or hidden. The words "Big Oil and Coal" and LONDON have a
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glaring absence on the lists.
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Of 497 billionaires, only 7 percent are women, and only one of those is
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a self-made billionaire, Doris Fisher of Gap. Forbes has its fingers
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crossed for Oprah.
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Microsoft<EFBFBD>s software rival Oracle hangs in at number five, but the big
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media giants are missing from the top, although Cox is still bringing
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in big bucks in the top 25. Things should pick up this year for the
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media with the war cheerleading and the "Wag the Dog" serial.
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Mars bars and Nike make the top 50 list of pulling down profits. Well,
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at least they<65>re fun (if you are a pinhead and live in the United
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States.) Prices at Sweden<65>s funky Ikea house-wear seem too cheap to
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make the list, but its number 16.
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The largest number of world billionaires are in the lifestyles category
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this year, media, travel and gambling. Except for Kerkorian's MGM
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Mirage with $5.8 billion, most of the gambling guys from Asia and Trump
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in the U.S. have only about $1 billion.
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Kmart, AOL and Time Warner are on the bigtime looser list.
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By the way, the guys guarding Peabody Coal on Black Mesa, Arizona, are
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Wackenhut security, founded by a former CIA official. Forbes reports
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the Danish Group 4 Falck plans to buy Wackenhut for $573 million,
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marking the company's entry into the $14 billion U.S. security market.
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(Peabody's parent company is Lehman Brothers where the media-censored
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bold address to stockholders by Navajo, Lakota and Hopi took place last
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spring at the World Trade Center.)
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On the world billionaire list, the first interesting guy shows up in
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the number 11 spot. It's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud, Saudi
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Arabia, 45, with a measly $20 billion showing from investments. (The
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New York mayor gave back his $10 million donation for Trade Center
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victims after Alwaleed said America should re-examine itself.)
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The rest of the world's top billionaires don't seem to show up in my
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address book, maybe you know them, and the amount a sweatshop worker
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makes working a 16-hour day in Mexico ... Then of course there<72>s the
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ride home in Juarez ...
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http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/28/billionaires.html
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WORLD BILLIONAIRES 2002, with a total of $1.54 trillion
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The world's top billionaires, according to Forbes magazine
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By The Associated Press
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The ranking of the world's 100 richest people as estimated by Forbes
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magazine. Listings include rank, name, home, country, age where known,
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wealth in billions of dollars and source of the money.
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1. Gates, William H. III, United States, 46, dlrs 52.8, Microsoft
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2. Buffett, Warren E., United States, 71, dlrs 35.0, Berkshire Hathaway
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3. Albrecht, Karl and Theo, Germany, dlrs 26.8, retail
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4. Allen, Paul G., United States, 49, dlrs 25.2, Microsoft
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5. Ellison, Lawrence J., United States, 57, dlrs 23.5, Oracle
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6. Walton, Jim C., United States, 54, dlrs 20.8, Wal-Mart
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7. Walton, John T., United States, 56, dlrs 20.7, Wal-Mart
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8. Walton, Alice L., United States, 53, dlrs 20.5, Wal-Mart
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9. Walton, S. Robson, United States, 58, dlrs 20.5, Wal-Mart
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10. Walton, Helen R., United States, 82, dlrs 20.4, Wal-Mart
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11. Alsaud, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Saudi Arabia, 45, dlrs 20.0,
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investments
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12. Quandt, Johanna and family, Germany, 74, dlrs 18.4, BMW
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13. Bettencourt, Liliane, France, 79, dlrs 14.9, L'Oreal
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13. Thomson, Kenneth and family, Canada, 78, dlrs 14.9, publishing
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15. Ballmer, Steven A., United States, 45, dlrs 14.8, Microsoft
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16. Kamprad, Ingvar, Sweden, 75, dlrs 13.4, Ikea
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17. Slim Helu, Carlos, Mexico, 62, dlrs 11.5, telecom
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18. Dell, Michael S., United States, 37, dlrs 11.1, Dell
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19. Rausing, Kirsten and family, Sweden, 49, dlrs 10.7, packaging
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20. Kluge, John W., United States, 87, dlrs 10.5, media
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21. Anthony, Barbara Cox, United States, 78, dlrs 10.1, media
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21. Chambers, Anne Cox, United States, 82, dlrs 10.1, media
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23. Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong, 73, dlrs 10.0, diversified
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24. Kwok, Walter, Thomas and Raymond, Hong Kong, dlrs 9.2, real estate
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25. Ortega, Amancio, Spain, 66, dlrs 9.1, apparel
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26. Mars, Forrest E. Jr., United States, 70, dlrs 9.0, candy
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26. Mars, Jacqueline Badger, United States, 63, dlrs 9.0, candy
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26. Mars, John F., United States, 65, dlrs 9.0, candy
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29. Johnson, Abigail, United States, 40, dlrs 8.6, Fidelity
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29. Saji, Nobutada and family, Japan, 56, dlrs 8.6, beverages
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31. Bertarelli, Ernesto and family, Switzerland, 36, dlrs 8.4, biotech
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32. Redstone, Sumner M., United States, 78, dlrs 8.1, Viacom
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33. Rausing, Hans, Sweden, 75, dlrs 7.7, packaging
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34. Olayan, Suliman and family, Saudi Arabia, 83, dlrs 7.6, investments
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35. Berlusconi, Silvio, Italy, 65, dlrs 7.2, media
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36. Arnault, Bernard, France, 53, dlrs 7.0, LVMH
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37. Soros, George, United States, 71, dlrs 6.9, money management
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38. Grosvenor, Gerald Cavendish, Britain, 50, dlrs 6.7, real estate
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39. Del Vecchio, Leonardo, Italy, 66, dlrs 6.6, eyewear
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40. Otto, Michael and family, Germany, 58, dlrs 6.5, retail
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41. Premji, Azim, India, 56, dlrs 6.4, software
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42. Ergen, Charles, United States, 49, dlrs 6.2, satellite TV
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43. Moore, Gordon Earle, United States, 73, dlrs 6.1, Intel
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44. Kerkorian, Kirk, United States, 84, dlrs 5.8, investments
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45. Al-Kharafi, Nasser and family, Kuwait, 58, dlrs 5.7, construction
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45. Knight, Philip H., United States, 64, dlrs 5.7, Nike
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45. Murdoch, Rupert, United States, 71, dlrs 5.7, News Corp.
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48. Engelhorn, Curt, Germany, 75, dlrs 5.6, pharmaceuticals
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48. Persson, Stefan, Sweden, 54, dlrs 5.6, Hennes & Mauritz
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50. Flick, Friedrich K. Jr., Germany, 75, dlrs 5.5, investments
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51. Broad, Eli, United States, 68, dlrs 5.2, real estate
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51. Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong, 74, dlrs 5.2, real estate
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51. Takei, Yasuo and family, Japan, 72, dlrs 5.2, consumer finance
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54. Anschutz, Philip F., United States, 62, dlrs 5.1, Qwest
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55. Cisneros, Gustavo and family, Venezuela, 56, dlrs 5.0, media
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55. Haefner, Walter, Switzerland, 91, dlrs 5.0, software
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55. Icahn, Carl, United States, 66, dlrs 5.0, investments
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55. Newhouse, Donald E., United States, 72, dlrs 5.0, media
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55. Newhouse, Samuel I. Jr., United States, 74, dlrs 5.0, media
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55. Pritzker, Robert A., United States, 75, dlrs 5.0, hotels,
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investments
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55. Pritzker, Thomas J., United States, 51, dlrs 5.0, hotels,
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investments
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62. Benetton, Luciano and family, Italy, 66, dlrs 4.9, Benetton
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62. Dassault, Serge and family, France, 77, dlrs 4.9, aviation
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64. Goodnight, James, United States, 59, dlrs 4.8, software
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64. Landolt, Pierre and family, Switzerland, 54, dlrs 4.8, Novartis
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64. von Finck, August, Germany, 71, dlrs 4.8, investments
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67. Lerner, Alfred, United States, 68, dlrs 4.7, banking
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68. Omidyar, Pierre M., United States, 34, dlrs 4.6, eBay
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68. Tsai Wan-lin and family, Taiwan, 77, dlrs 4.6, insurance
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70. Johnson, Samuel C., United States, 73, dlrs 4.5, S.C. Johnson & Son
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70. Schickedanz daughters, Germany, dlrs 4.5, retail
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72. Bloomberg, Michael R., United States, 59, dlrs 4.4, financial news
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72. Davis, Marvin H., United States, 76, dlrs 4.4, investments
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72. Mendoza, Lorenzo and family, Venezuela, 36, dlrs 4.4, beverages
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http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/28/billionaires.html
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