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By authors|Posted Tuesday, May 15, 2001, at 3:13 PM ET

21: Complying With That Taskmaster, Political Correctness
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20: There Are More Kinds of Violence Than Personal Violence
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19: Unimpressive Offerings at Cannes
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18: A Few Judicious or Lubricious Comments
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17: The Sovereign Right To Blow Off (Anonymously)
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16: Brenda Starr Was My Role Model
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15: Is America More Violent Than Medieval Europe?
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14: A Vicious Cycle
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13: Literacy, Violence, and Heavenly Pie
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12: Ulcer-Inducing News
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11: Updating Our Clunky Air Traffic Control System
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10: Call Me "Veritist"
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9: What if Literacy Were a Condition for Prisoners' Release?
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8: Ouch! Why Do People Do That?
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7: Stalking the Wild Turkey au Naturel
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6: The 43rd President Backs Gun Control. Sort of.
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5: Celebrity Evolution at Logarithmic Scale
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4: "Alternate Outcomes"
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3: Time to Strip Off the Bandoliers
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2: A Blasphemous Act
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Rhodeman,

When sending the last e-mail, a headline caught my eye. Greenspan and the boys cut the rate another half-point. The day's news about our strong economy these last few months has certainly wrecked my stomach lining.

xo,
G

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Ginger Rhodes is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology who studies violence. Richard Rhodes is the author of 19 books, includingThe Making of the Atomic BombandWhy They Kill.