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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week**
The revised figures on gross domestic product show that the U.S. economy turned in its weakest performance in a decade in the third quarter. The GDP shrunk at an annual rate of 1.3 percent. This rate of decline marked the weakest quarter since an annualized 2.0 percent contraction in the first quarter of 1991, when Bush the Elder was the president. Patris est filius. Source: Washington Post, 21 December 2001.

What's Wrong with This Picture?: A grand convergence of previously disparate culture industries controls much of the American media (Mark Crispin Miller, The Nation).
Earth's 2001 Temperatures to be Second Highest: The average global temperature for 2001 will be the second-highest in 140 years (Jonathan Fowler, Associated Press).
How the World See the U.S. and Sept. 11: World opinion leaders oppose attacks on countries beyond Afghanistan (Brian Knowlton, International Herald-Tribune).
New RNC Chairman Marc Racicot Mixes Politics and Profits: An active lobbyist will lead the Republican Party (Charles Lewis, Center for Public Integrity).
Congress Not Asserting Authority to Check Presidency: It should stop the Bush administration from creating a secret government (Charles Levendosky, Caspar Star-Tribune).
The Arms Dealer Next Door: Pierre Falcone is not just an important Arizona Republican; he's also an Angolan weapons broker (Ken Silverstein, In These Times).
The Innocent Dead in a Coward's War: The war in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of thousands of unwitting civilians (Seamus Milne, The Guardian).

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