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the hackathlon; wrap-upHackathlon, The1NA=1154&NC=1222&DI=4098&PS=58565&PI=7315hackathlonfalsefalsespacernotembeddedthe hackathlon; wrap-upnonotruenotochyperlinkno2006914111739AMThursdaySepSeptember119/14/2006 3:17:39 PM6329382945900000002006914111739AMThursdaySepSeptember119/14/2006 3:17:39 PM632938294590000000the hackathlon; wrap-upnonotruenotochyperlinkno2006914111630AMThursdaySepSeptember119/14/2006 3:16:30 PM6329382939000000002006914111630AMThursdaySepSeptember119/14/2006 3:16:30 PM632938293900000000the hackathlon; wrap-upnonotruenotochyperlinkno2006914111500AMThursdaySepSeptember119/14/2006 3:15:00 PM6329382930000000002006914111500AMThursdaySepSeptember119/14/2006 3:15:00 PM632938293000000000the hackathlon; wrap-upnonotruenotochyperlinkno2006914111258AMThursdaySepSeptember119/14/2006 3:12:58 PM6329382917800000002006914111258AMThursdaySepSeptember119/14/2006 3:12:58 PM632938291780000000the hackathlon; wrap-upnonotruenotochyperlinkno2006914110801AMThursdaySepSeptember119/14/2006 3:08:01 PM6329382888100000002006914110801AMThursdaySepSeptember119/14/2006 3:08:01 PM632938288810000000200311442630PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:26:30 PM631781583900000000200311442630PMTuesdayJanJanuary161/14/2003 9:26:30 PM631781583900000000falsetruetruetruetruetruefalse20011018111443PMThursdayOctOctober2310/19/2001 3:14:43 AM631390436830000000200181561426PMWednesdayAugAugust188/15/2001 10:14:26 PM631334960660000000spacernull Event 1: A New York Times-Style Op-Ed CheatSheet MalcolmGladwell HannaRosin MichaelSpecter GeoffreyWheatcroft 200691310026PMWednesdaySepSeptember139/13/2006 5:00:26 PM632937492260000000200691310026PMWednesdaySepSeptember139/13/2006 5:00:26 PM632937492260000000An Op-Ed on "NATO Expansion" in the Style of the New York Times        Hacks who once debated the question "Whither NATO?" now churn out op-eds on the topic "Bigger NATO?" The opening week of the Hackathlon sics our lazy but productive deadline warriors on the important but dull issue of NATO expansion. Their assignment is to construct a 750-word (or thereabouts) op-ed in favor of--or against--the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and to write an appropriate headline.        A cheat sheet of three NATO briefing papers was provided to our contestants. All three papers are available on the Web.        1) From the libertarian Cato Institute, "The High Cost of NATO Expansion: Clearing the Administration's Smoke Screen."        2) From the liberal Brookings Institution, "Enlarging NATO: A Questionable Idea Whose Time Has Come."        3) From the U.S. government's United States Information Service, "Report to the Congress on the Enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization: Rationale, Benefits, Costs and Implications." The New York TimesThe New York Timesculture10000false23101falsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse357200691311125PMWednesdaySepSeptember139/13/2006 5:11:25 PM632937498850000000200691311125PMWednesdaySepSeptember139/13/2006 5:11:25 PM632937498850000000