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The use of "collapse"
Saddam's forces are in full retreat
FrankC
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4/11/2003 3:35:17 PM
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Yes, that would be less of a Spin.
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Baghdad Collapses Into Anarchy and Violence
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Don
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4/11/2003 12:24:26 PM
Sorry Don, it is Spin
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FrankC
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4/11/2003 2:02:47 PM
The use of "collapse"
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Mary Anne
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4/11/2003 2:47:54 PM
Saddam's forces are in full retreat
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FrankC
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4/11/2003 3:35:17 PM
The term "spin"...
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Don
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4/11/2003 3:37:47 PM
Oh come now Don
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FrankC
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4/11/2003 3:57:19 PM
Splitting Hairs
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Don
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4/11/2003 2:08:21 PM
I agree
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FrankC
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4/11/2003 3:40:01 PM
Baghdad has become Detroit
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p
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4/11/2003 12:40:02 PM
Huh?!?
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Don
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4/11/2003 12:47:28 PM
Get it straight, Dan...
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Davin 'Traitor' L.
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4/11/2003 1:59:49 PM
Unfortunately...
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Don
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4/11/2003 2:22:07 PM
Re: Unfortunately...
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gbaikie
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4/11/2003 11:18:32 AM
Re: Huh?!?
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p
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4/11/2003 1:22:42 PM
Spin
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Don
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4/11/2003 1:42:29 PM
UN approval doesn't mean legitimacy
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Larry J
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4/11/2003 3:45:41 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.