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3 September 2008

“Healthy debate is so important and valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both.”

Sarah Palin, who was this week selected as Republican candidate for US vice-president, talking two years ago about whether intelligent design should be taught in schools alongside evolution (Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, 27 October 2006)

“It could hit anywhere from Miami to the outer banks of North Carolina.”

Meteorologist Jessica Schauer Clark at the US National Hurricane Center on hurricane Hanna, which brought strong winds, heavy rain and pounding surf to the Caribbean and was expected to hit the south-eastern US this…

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