And then word gets back and the whole thing starts over again.

NPR: Moroccan Village Funnels Suicide Bombers to Iraq

The beauty (and yes, that's the right word) of "Sure Thing" and its companion pieces lies not only in their poetic conception but in their underlying seriousness.

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Or rather, between the thing and the word a question had appeared, a slight pause, a rupture.

NEWYORKER: History of a Disturbance

Dictionaries and common understanding of the word reveals there is no such thing as a degree of uniqueness.

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Sheherezad told me she came for tea the other day, and this unfortunate little thing sat without saying a word, just listening, like a frog in the corner.

NEWYORKER: In Other Rooms, Other Wonders

Don't take our word for it, though, hit the link and read the whole thing for yourself.

ENGADGET: iPod touch gets its first review

The word mitzvah in Hebrew means both a duty and a privilege, and one thing I try to do (not always successfully) is to think about taxes as a mitzvah.

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While we remained justifiably confident that in the end Congress would do the right thing, that the leaders would all be true to their word and take action to ensure that we would avoid default, that prospect was there, clearly.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Word is out now that Apple has joined BAPco, an industry group that does one thing and one thing only: create benchmarks for testing the performance of Windows-based PCs.

ENGADGET: Is Apple getting ready to run Windows?

The internet blackout was hugely effective in spreading the word about SOPA. But what happens if the whole thing is fed to us piecemeal, in unrecognizable bits and pieces?

FORBES: Chris Dodd 'Confident' Obama Administration Working On Next SOPA