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- Feminism’s amazing achievement: Changing the conversation — and laws — about rape
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- Jerusalem moves forward with settlement plans
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- Colin Powell: George Zimmerman verdict “questionable”
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- Harlan Ellison: “Life to me is a great ironic joke”
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- I taught at the worst school in Texas
- My meds just stopped working!
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