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		<title>This Day in History Entry #156</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The steel plow farmers did depend on
Was this crafty inventor&#8217;s great spawn
Now his enemies jeer:
&#8220;Nothing runs like a Deere
But so, too, nothing smells like a John!&#8221;
Event: Birth of John Deere, inventor of the steel plow and founder of Deere &#038; Company
Year: 1804
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Deere_%28inventor%29
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		<link>http://wordsman.org/2012/02/07/this-day-in-history-entry-156/</link>
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		<title>Know Your Picture Characters Entry #90</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A. 傷ついた心　B. こむら返り　C. 尺骨神経　D. 書痙　E. 脳の凍結
F. 喉仏
Learning lessons from one&#8217;s mistakes is very important.  Unfortunately, we are only able to do this if we assume consistency.  This policy is generally a bad one when dealing with kanji.  All this is just a lead-up to my pointing out that Theoman will probably be distressed to learn [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordsman.org/2012/02/06/know-your-picture-characters-entry-90/</link>
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		<title>The Mission Part 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Officer Escobar was not having a great day.  Started too early.  Not enough donuts at the station (and those that were there were of criminally poor quality).  Too many actual crimes.  Not enough down time.  Too much heat.  Not enough fans.
Officer Escobar was not having a great day, but he was willing to admit the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordsman.org/2012/02/03/the-mission-part-5/</link>
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		<title>This Day in History Entry #155</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Now, this sure ain&#8217;t no cruise in no blimp!
On the luxuries we&#8217;ve had to skimp
There&#8217;s no wind in your face
Just the darkness of space
And the pilot?  Uh, well, he&#8217;s a chimp&#8221;
Event: Ham the Astrochimp becomes the first American (technically, Cameroonian) chimpanzee in space
Year: 1961
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham_the_chimp
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		<link>http://wordsman.org/2012/01/31/this-day-in-history-entry-155/</link>
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		<title>Know Your Picture Characters Entry #89</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A. 医者　B. 運動選手　C. 会計士　D. 教師　E. 警察官　F. 芸術家
G. 販売員
Theoman appeared to be on the right track, guessing what sounded like a list of professions, which these in fact are.  However, as he failed to identify what exactly he was guessing, we have no choice but to assume that he believed these were the names of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordsman.org/2012/01/30/know-your-picture-characters-entry-89/</link>
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		<title>The Mission Part 4</title>
		<description><![CDATA[He’s taking too long.
Peter was not looking at his watch, so he did not know that it had taken him less than five minutes to decide that the hastily laid scheme of squirrel and man had gone awry.
He was standing across the street from the station, trying to look nonchalant, and therefore assuming that he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordsman.org/2012/01/27/the-mission-part-4/</link>
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		<title>This Day in History Entry #154</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, his madness was a tour de force
As he made into Consul his horse
Soon he misplayed his cards
Got killed by his own guards
Who then turned to his uncle, of course
Event: Roman Emperor Caligula is killed by the Praetorian Guards, who then proclaim Claudius Emperor
Year: 41
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula
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		<link>http://wordsman.org/2012/01/24/this-day-in-history-entry-154/</link>
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		<title>Know Your Picture Characters Entry #88</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A. 飴国　B. 御免　C. 手術　D. 人生　E. 手掛かり　F. 独占
Clearly, the secret point of this challenge was not to make any real attempt at identifying the games but simply to spend the whole time talking about whether or not we like(d) them.  Well spotted, A(nother) Fan!  His comments on Operation were highly insightful and vastly understandable, especially to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordsman.org/2012/01/23/know-your-picture-characters-entry-88/</link>
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		<title>The Mission Part 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter glanced around to make sure no one was watching.  Then he bent down and whispered to the squirrel, “Run up that tree.”
The squirrel turned around and bounded up the tree like it was being chased by a rabid dog.  It settled on a low branch and looked back at Peter with that same focused [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wordsman.org/2012/01/20/the-mission-part-3/</link>
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		<title>This Day in History Entry #153</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This great man first appeared on a pier
Sans the spinach he later held dear
He put Bluto to sleep
Even owned a pet jeep
All in all, quite the sailing career
Event: Popeye the Sailor first appears in E.C. Segar&#8217;s Thimble Theatre
Year: 1929
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye
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		<link>http://wordsman.org/2012/01/17/this-day-in-history-entry-153/</link>
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