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From William Safire's July 31, 2005, column in the New York Times:
A typo (the 1878 shortening of ''typographical error'') exists in the amendments to our Constitution, and no matter how often the nation's fundamental document is reprinted, that typo cannot be removed.

We are not talking about a seeming mistake by the framers, who spelled or ( Read more... )

By SETH MYDANS

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I tried desperately to fall asleep, only to fail miserably. And I was so looking forward to waking up early and doing things with my day.

"Se pa fot mwen."

A Pacific Ocean seabird known as the blue-footed booby pecks at its siblings and pushes them out of the nest to die of starvation while the parents stand idly by.