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Alarmism
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11-20-2007 6:38 PM
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global warming
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hype
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hysteria
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greed
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11-20-2007
9:21 PM
topsailangler
I think I see a pattern developing at the UN........
11-21-2007
2:24 PM
Rashid Malik
To err is human!
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