{"id":743,"date":"2003-01-12T20:51:43","date_gmt":"2003-01-13T04:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ogre.nu\/wp\/?p=743"},"modified":"2024-05-15T21:23:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T05:23:23","slug":"wish-id-saved-that-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bendwavy.org\/wp\/?p=743","title":{"rendered":"wish I&#8217;d saved that issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time <i>The New Republic<\/i> had a contest to find the most boring headline. It is often said that the winner was &#8220;Worthwhile Canadian Initiative&#8221; &#8212; but <em>my<\/em> erratic memory says that headline was the inspiration for the contest, not an entry. Of course I don&#8217;t recall what the winner was; too boring. (But the prize was a copy of Gerald Ford&#8217;s memoir <i>A Time to Heal<\/i>.)<\/p>\n<p>(later) Aha, I saved a copy.\u00a0 Curiously, WordPress won&#8217;t let me put this list in a comment. <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> U.S. Leadership Needed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Trade, A Two-Way Street<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Beyond the News, Larger Issues<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Thoughts at Graduation Time<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> End Textile Quotas<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Continue Manned Flight in Space<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Make Foreign Flights More Familiar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Nepal Premier Won&#8217;t Resign<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Chill Falls on Warming Relations Between Australia and Indonesia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> University of Rochester Decides to Keep Name<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Dramatic Changes Fail to Materialize on Hill<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Surprises Unlikely in Indiana<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> CIA Analysis Sees Soviet Economy in Need of Changes<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Prevent Burglary by Locking House, Detectives Urge<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Methodists Oppose Use of Nuclear Arms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Sorry, the Deficit Is a Big Problem<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> B-1B Bomber Cost Expected to Rise<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Newark Hopes for Rebound<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Teamster Chief May Face Renewed Federal Charges<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"> Bush Seeks New Hampshire Support<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">E. 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