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							<title><![CDATA[Welcome to Pricing Hell]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/welcome-to-pricing-hell/ar-BB1lI7gE</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On February 15, Ron Ruggless was sitting in his home office in Dallas, listening to a Wendy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s earnings call'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'something he does every quarter as an editor and reporter for Nation'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s Restaurant News.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The NBA's China Jam]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thewirechina.com/2020/07/26/nba-in-a-jam/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How long can the league maintain its juggling act of embracing progressive causes in the U.S. while turning a blind eye in China?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can China Take a Joke?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/24/magazine/can-china-take-a-joke.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2015 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wong then launched into 10 minutes of American-style stand-up comedy with distinctly Chinese punch lines. A man was arrested for robbing a bank using pepper spray, he said. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'It worked twice. The third time, they caught him because the police were from Hunan.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' (Hunanese food is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Long-Term Demographic Trends Favor Dems]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2278861/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When the United States Census Bureau released  its new 2010 population data on Tuesday, the biggest headline'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'other  than our arrival at the crucial benchmark of 308,400,408 people in  America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'was that the numbers favor Republicans  in 2012. That's true on its face: Several red...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Don't Judge Elena Kagan by Her College Thesis]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2254100/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Writing a college thesis is a four-step process: Brainstorming, drafting, revising, and editing. But college students considering a career in government should probably add a fifth: Politics-proofing.The clamor over Elena Kagan's college writings have reached such a pitch that the White...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Trying to Make 2010 Like 2008]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2252039/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The year 2008 worked out pretty well for Democrats: 21 House seats, eight Senate seats, and one president. Devising a strategy for 2010 has therefore been relatively simple: Let's see that again!Not exactly that, of course. Midterm elections aren't like other elections. The president's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can California Declare Bankruptcy?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2246915/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold SchwarzeneggerCalifornia passed a gas tax last week to help make up for its nearly $20 billion budget gap, the latest in a series of measures to right the state's teetering economy. The country of Greece is in even worse shape, with accumulated debt higher than 110 percent of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Did Brown Become the 'Change' Candidate?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/toolbar.aspx?action=print&amp;id=2241878</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[BOSTON"'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'At a rally here on Sunday, President Obama told Massachusetts voters that Democratic senatorial candidate Martha Coakley would move the country forward, while her opponent, Republican Scott Brown, would move it backward. But Obama's goal, too, was to turn back...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Rest of the Gov't Can Learn from TSA]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2215822/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Transportation Security Administration might be America's least favorite federal agency.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Conservatives Like Obama's Plan]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2214962/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama's plan to restructure General Motors and Chrysler is not designed to make conservatives happy. But cheers from the right may be an unexpected byproduct.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Waxman's Victory a Big Gift to Obama]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2205117/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Muscle]]></title>
							<link>http://www.slate.com/id/2204046/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Christopher Beam</author>
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