On February 29th the lower house of Congress approved a reform of civil servants' pensions.

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In no way does this columnist wish to discourage the progressives from using February 29th from Leaping into Action!

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But on February 29th the same judge reversed his ruling, to the delight of a bevy of free-speech advocates.

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Mr Bush is the favourite to win Virginia, which votes on February 29th, Mr McCain to win Washington state the same day.

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There is thus a good chance that Yashwant Sinha, the finance minister, might loosen the leash in his budget on February 29th.

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On February 29th, Britain's National Museum Directors' Conference will publish its first report on pre-1945 works of art of dubious origin which were acquired after 1933 and are now held in British galleries.

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At a debate in New York on February 29th, John Kerry argued that the administration had in practice made a peaceful settlement impossible by giving the opposition a power of veto over its terms.

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Alexey Pajitnov, the inventor of Tetris, unveiled a concept called Dolphin Ride that features paintball-armed dolphins racing (and attacking) each other to hit as many targets as possible, while Wizardry developer Brenda Brathwaite showed off an actual game called OneHundredDogs.com, due to launch on February 29th.

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On February 28th and 29th the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.

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Every four years, it will naturally display the 29th of February associated with leap years.

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