This plays on two deep-seated worries about American popular culture: that it is hard to filter so that you just get the good bits (download Bob Dylan on to your son's iPod, and Snoop Dogg soon pops up as well) and that popular culture spawns social change.

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That increased risk for post-flight disease doubled to 7.7% for passengers seated in a two-seat hot zone.

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He and Democratic governor Jennifer Granholm of Michigan yesterday urged that their delegations be seated - two big states that as of now would be absent from the Democratic convention and whose presence could make a real difference for the outcome.

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He found a two-star Army general from JSOC headquarters seated at a conference table with Brian, James, Mark, and several analysts from the C.

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Kaplan jumped in but did not have a bullet-resistant vest, so he was seated between two other journalists who were wearing protective gear.

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