A group of German university professors, angered by the U.S.-British war against Iraq (news - web sites), have launched a campaign to replace many popular English-language words used in Germany with French terms.

Saying they are appalled by the way the United States and Britain defied the will of the United Nations (news - web sites) and attacked Iraq, the four professors declared war on borrowed English terms in German such as "okay," "T-shirt" and "party."
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"We aren't trying to purify the language, we're trying send a political signal to show we're against this war which has no legal foundation," said Burkhardt, who is chairman of the group "Language in Politics" (www.sprache-in-der-politik.de).

German Professors Declare War on English Terms

] The suspensions of 35 high school students in this quaint
] coastal town have made it the new focus of an old issue:
] the potentially offensive fashion statement made by
] donning the Confederate flag.
] ...
] She wears the white T-shirt that got her suspended. On the back,
] it shows chickens hatching from eggs decorated with the
] Confederate flag. "Southern chicks, better than the rest,"
] reads the shirt.

Suspended 'Dixie chicks' defend attire

] With the federal government leading the way, the number
] of inmates in American prisons topped 2 million for the
] first time, the Justice Department reports.

What does this say about our society??!

U.S. prisons and jails now hold record 2 million inmates

As expected, the second big economic shoe dropped this week and hit with a resounding thud: another big job loss in March and an even bigger one in February than was previously announced. Add that to news this week of a downturn in manufacturing and what do you get? Two important recession signals flashing the same message: Danger Will Robinson!
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Here's what matters in trying to figure out where the economy is heading, the four main indicators of recession:

1. Employment - the number of jobs created each month
2. Industrial output -- mainly manufacturing
3. Personal income -- think monthly paycheck
4. Business sales -- wholesale and retail

The Hays Files: Shades of recession

] The Web portal Lycos reported that "Al-Jazeera" and
] variant spellings became its top search term last week,
] with three times more searches than "sex."

'Al-Jazeera' more popular than 'sex'

] An intense air campaign was under way Thursday near
] southern Afghanistan's Tor Ghar Mountains after forces
] believed to belong to the Taliban opened fire on a U.S.
] Special Forces unit and an Afghan militia force,
] according to a U.S coalition statement.
]
] The battle started Wednesday afternoon when about 40
] anti-coalition troops began shooting at U.S. and Afghan
] soldiers.
]
] Special Forces radioed for air support, which arrived and
] dropped 35,000 pounds of munition during the night.

We spend so much money to take out tents and caves.

Afghanistan bombing intensifies after firefight - Apr. 3, 2003

] Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday the
] growing share of the economy made up of less tangible
] "intellectual property" increases the need to figure out
] "appropriate" legal protections.
]
] "Whether we protect intellectual property as an
] inalienable right or as a privilege vouchsafed by the
] sovereign, such protection inevitably entails making some
] choices that have crucial implications for the balance we
] strike between the interests of those who innovate and
] those who would benefit from innovation," he said in
] prepared remarks to be delivered by satellite to an
] economic conference in Sea Island, Ga.

Greenspan: Secure intellectual property

ex-RATM releases internet song.

March Of Death by Zach De La Rocha & DJ Shadow

] You have seen the last of "Connie Chung Tonight."
]
] Effective immediately, CNN has canceled the prime-time
] newsmagazine that had been on the air only since last
] June. Also gone is anchor Connie Chung -- the broadcast
] network news star CNN had wooed to become its crown jewel
] in a new star-strewn prime-time lineup.

w00w00... no more Connie Chung!

CNN Pulls the Plug on Connie Chung

] For the 30th anniversary of one of the best-selling
] recordings of all time %u2014 a recording that spent 741
] weeks, or a total of 14 years, on Billboards Album
] Charts EMI/Capitol has produced a gift for its
] fans: Pink Floyds CDark Side of the Moon.
] It is being released today for the first time in full
] 5.1-channel surround sound.

Dark Side of the Moon turns 30