Weekly Review. A federal judge tried for the third time to impose punitive damages on the Exxon Mobil Corporation for the Exxon Valdez oil spill fifteen years ago; Exxon Mobil said it would appeal the $4.5 billion judgment. The National Research Council of the National Academies said that America's pollution laws are outdated, and a new study found that male dolphins, whales, and seals have been turning into hermaphrodites because of pollution. A pierced breast popped out of Janet Jackson's outfit during the Super Bowl halftime show, and a dead sperm whale with an unusually large penis exploded on a street in Taiwan, showering nearby pedestrians, cars, and shops with gore. (Extrait...) [Harpers.org]
Oui Harpers a ses fils RSS (1.0 et 2.0). On ne manquera plus rien de ce qui est ajouté à son site web. Avec sa revue de presse hebdomadaire, dont l'extrait précédent est tiré... et son Index mensuel, dont les paragraphes suivants sont tirés.
- Ratio of the number of words in the last State of the Union address to those in George Washington's first : 5:1
- Number of press conferences at which President Bush has referred to a question as a "trick" : 11
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