"Cedar Revolution" in Lebanon; "Hot Dog" wrong yet again

[Wilson Gray]

On Mar 1, 2005, at 7:34 PM, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

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> CEDAR REVOLUTION
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> CEDAR REVOLUTION--652 Google hits, 8 Google Groups hits
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> From the NEW YORK SUN, editorials, 1 March 2005, pg. 8, col. 1:
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> _The Cedar Revolution_
> (...)
> First the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, then the Purple Revolution of
> Iraqis raising their dyed fingers after voting, (Col. 2--ed.) now the
> Cedar Revolution against Syrian domination in Lebanon.
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>
> Actually, I'd go with "Velvet Revolution" in the Czech Republic being
> the daddy of all these.
>
> (GOOGLE GROUPS)
> Lebanon Government Resigns After Protest
> ... The State Department's annual report on human rights abuses around
> the world, released
> Monday, called the events in Lebanon a "Cedar Revolution" - a moniker
> ...
> clari.world.gov.politics - Feb 28, 11:30 pm by AP
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> (GOOGLE)
> http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?
> edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=13082
> Name that revolution
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> Wednesday, March 02, 2005
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> WASHINGTON: The U.S. State Department named anti-Syrian street
> demonstrations in Lebanon the "Cedar revolution," in reference to
> Lebanon's majestic trees that are celebrated in the Bible as a symbol
> of well-being and are at the centerpiece of the national flag.
>
> Presenting on Monday the State Department's annual Country Reports on
> Human Rights Practices for 2004, Undersecretary of State for Global
> Affairs Paula Dobriansky said: "In Lebanon, we see growing momentum
> for a 'Cedar revolution' that is unifying the citizens of that nation
> to the cause of true democracy and freedom from foreign influence."
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> "HOT DOG" WRONG YET AGAIN
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> There are very few certainties in life.
>
> There is death.
>
> There are taxes.
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> And--
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> METRO, "Food Stuff," 1 March 2005, pg. 14, col. 1:
> _Hot dog purists get buff_
> _Bison meat is the newest low-fat fad for frank lovers_(...)
> Hot dogs became standard fare at ball parks in 1893. According to the
> National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, Chris Von de (der--ed.) Ahe,
> owner of a St. Louis bar and the St. Louis Browns

Chris von der Ahe owned the St, Louis Cardinals, not the Browns, who
are now the Baltimore Orioles.

-WIlson Gray

> , established "little dogs" as the game food.
>
> But another version of events says the "frankfurter" was dubbed the
> "hot daschund sausage" (dachshund?--ed.) by a cartoonist watching a
> game at New York City's Polo Grounds.
>
> While the origins of the modern hot dog is up to popular debate, its
> popularity hasn't wavered--consumers spent $1.8 Billion on hot dogs in
> supermarkets in 2003, and it's estimated that Americans eat 20 billion
> hot dogs a year, says the Council.
> (..)
> CATHERINE NEW
> catherine.new at metro.us
>