May 2012
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May 31st
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May 31st
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May 24th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 18th
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May 17th
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“America of all countries still has plenty of grounds to hope for a better...”
– Optimism colours the final column by Peter David, our Washington bureau chief, who died in a car accident last week. Our obituary remembers him.
May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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“If you found yourself sitting at the poker table opposite Amarillo Slim, you...”
– The showmanship of Thomas “Amarillo Slim” Preston helped make poker respectable in America. He died on April 29th, aged 83.
May 16th
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“Farewell to the Canadian penny”
– The last one-cent coin, in circulation since 1858, was minted on May 4th. The coin had become a nuisance, weighing down consumers’ wallets and costing more to produce than it was worth.
May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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