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McDonald's Miffed Over Dictionary Definition of 'McJob'
By Rupert Cornwell, The Independent
Among the 10,000 additions to the latest version of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary is 'McJobs,' -- defined as 'low-paying and dead-end work.' McDonald's, the world's largest fast-food chain, is not McHappy with the addition, and may just have to McSue.
http://news.independent.co.uk/low_res/story.jsp?story=462245&host=3&dir=70

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Can a political lie be noble? Neo-conservative political theorist Leo Strauss believes it can. Shadia Drury, interviewed by Danny Postel, reveals the degree to which Strauss has influenced the Bush administrationd's framing of the war in Iraq.
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