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From: declan_murphy@hotmail.com (Declan Murphy)
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Subject: Re: Beckham is number 1!
Date: 1 Jan 2004 23:30:04 -0800
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Brett Robson <jet_boy@deja.com> wrote in message news:<bt0t1b02f3c@drn.newsguy.com>...
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 08:31:46 GMT, Darrien  ...
> >
> >At least according to google's 2003 year end zeitgeist:
> >http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html (2/3rds down)
> >
> >I'm left scratching my head trying to figure out why the Japanese would take
> >an interest in my Governor.
> 
> Why not? A muscle man waving a broom around<snip> 

Question for sepponians: Is the "waving the broom" routine a steal
from the novel "Primary Colors", or did the author of the novel pinch
the scene from some historical fact?