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Friday, April 25, 2003

More than 200,000 unregistered for

More than 200,000 unregistered foreigners live on Spain’s Costa del Sol.

In Argentina, a ñoqui

In Argentina, a ñoqui is a politically-connected party loyalist who collects a paycheck in exchange for only token work, or even none at all.

Thursday, April 24, 2003

Gacaca means “grass” in the Kinyarw

Gacaca means “grass” in the Kinyarwanda language, and refers to a community-based system of justice used in Rwanda.

Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Interview with French author Alain Robbe-Grillet by Thomas McGonigle

“I’m sorry; but just because they haven’t been translated into English doesn’t mean they don’t exist. There was supposed to be a conference ten years ago in St. Louis, and the university there announced, “Mr. Robbe-Grillet will speak French.” So a minister who is interested in literature calls the university and is told by a professor that I do not speak English. The minister replies, “He could have made an effort to learn English, because God wrote his Bible in English."—Interview with French author Alain Robbe-Grillet by Thomas McGonigle from Book Forum.

“Meet Mr. Toothpicks” by Rebecca Wakefield from

“We found fourteen claimants and they all had problems. All their items were displayed in a heap, or a stack, so you just had to take their word for it. Like one guy said he had a million bottle caps, but underneath the top layers was a heap of dirt.” (Source Link)

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