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Archive for October 8th, 2002

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SpongeBob SquarePants: the new Tinky Winky.

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October 8th, 2002 at 11:00 pm

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“Point-Counterpoint: Wines.”

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October 8th, 2002 at 10:51 pm

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Nine years ago, James Tiu quit his job as a lawyer to sell vegetarian burritos on the street. Now he uses his legal acumen to advocate for other Washington, DC street vendors.

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October 8th, 2002 at 10:33 pm

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People build some crazy stuff with LEGOs. There’s the LEGO desk, the LEGO version of M.C. Escher’s “Ascending and Descending,” and, perhaps most amazingly, Henry Lim’s completely functional LEGO harpsichord. (And don’t miss Lim’s 14-foot-long, 6-foot-tall LEGO Stegosaurus.)

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October 8th, 2002 at 10:29 pm

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