c.
You needn't
be. Admits
mistakes but still
stands. Destruction
a decade
ago. Tumbled down
the world
league. Cooler
and more. Being
hunted. Hitting out.
'Formal domestic traditions
of the past.' The
etiquette. Rush. Rush. Rush.
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Monday, September 22, 2003
Sunday, September 21, 2003
xcix.
Opera House
Revolution. Usual
tableau. This
triptych. Sternest
test. Clear early
mists. Vetoes Arafat
motion. Arrest bid
in case. British pupils
fall behind. Fresh
criticisms. Repairs caused
derailment. Set new
course. Shot once. Too
early
to say.
Saturday, September 20, 2003
xcviii.
The challenges
ahead. Get kinky. No
more fluff. Blow
to world. Trade
talks collapse. Discusses
his public images.
Call for truce. Both
their results. What
was important became un-
important. Edged
with black.
Friday, September 19, 2003
xcvii.
'I kicked
someone.' Unique
leisure and
pleasure. A slaughter
occurs. Each
night. Go senile
in your prime.
Iraq
angrily
buries its
dead. Trade
talks look set
to fail. Born under
weight. Fractionally
ahead. Close
that gap. Leave
his art
collection
when he dies.
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
xcvi.
Smiling and crying
before birth. Met baby
hunger. Schoolboy
pranks. War made me fall
in love. Not immortal.
Cheap way to the stars - by
escalator. His
extraordinary auto-
biography. On her passion
for oysters. Suspicion
that Tehran
is building
bomb.
Monday, September 15, 2003
xcv.
'Heart's all over
the place.' 'Day I
nearly died.' Story
became a dress. Looks
again. Crying
in front
of a city
poster. Rush. Rush. Rush.
Say goodbye
to daily fatigue.
Sunday, September 14, 2003
xciv.
Decision to relax
the law on the
drug. Absolute
obstacle. Package has been
vetoed. With the
words 'What the hell
is that?' Another
furious row. Will become
windier and cloudier.
Saturday, September 13, 2003
xciii.
Controversial cartoon
masterpiece. Grief that
never ends. Buried their son
five times. Two years
on. 'Spirit still inspires.' Waved at
a 'family rally'. Slim chance of
avoiding the crash all but
disappeared. Fuse caused
blackout. Apologised for 'all
evils'. Wounded dozens.
Friday, September 12, 2003
xcii.
So: so-called life. People
in glass houses. We do
our best. Our aid budgets. The
complex web of taxes. For
every. Enabled to stand on
their own feet. Starting point.
Opera house in a joint
venture. Charged with murdering
young. Died aged 101. Earlier.
Thursday, September 11, 2003
xci.
Conversation with the living
dead. Artist, celebrity,
victim. Three syllables. A
new patron. Deal to buy bars
from collapsed firms. Clothing
with ethics. Plunging the peace
process into new chaos
by handing in. Developed a
device. Will back down.
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
xc.
Free Big Noise. Best
writing. Life of spy.
Life as fake. Modern
madame. His earliest
work. The end of
innocence. The old
meteors. The six
best. The soul of
England. From his
fresh victory. A
parched field.
Monday, September 08, 2003
lxxxix.
The end
for our native
trees? Bread became
hip. Europe scorns
plea. Work
by unknown. Claim
'visible,' says
friend. Police
torture claim. Scarcely
veiled resig-
nation. Runaway friends
found. Vowed he
would not 'change
course' on
the main plank.
Sunday, September 07, 2003
lxxxviii.
Economy surges
after. First footage
of George Orwell.
Scrap service. Aims
to calm unions. Cleric
jailed. Into forest
fires. Focus years
of subversion. Successor
has signaled his
intention.
Saturday, September 06, 2003
lxxxvii.
Forces out
teachers. Bare
skin. Why my friend
resigned. First
defeat. Hundreds of
thousands mourn.
Teaching was too
secure. Reveals lost
jobs. Grief and
anger. Indignant
activists demand
names.
Friday, September 05, 2003
lxxxvi.
My bitter
wars. The words
used. Let
down. An
isolated
man. Denied
responsibility.
Barring
an unlikely
reprise. Intends
to sue. Pulls no
punches.
Thursday, September 04, 2003
lxxxv.
Novelist turned
comedian. Give back
powers. Isolate
sea of grief. Young,
bright, and loaded. Pigs
may pose. Those
with a
prescription. Struggling
after fresh. After
its mauling
in the bear
market.
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
lxxxiv.
Had our fill.
'Ministry of
Truth.' Duped
Allied spies.
Tipped to
mastermind
overhaul
of information
machine. Had
to come. Power
behind. Stop
asking. Hasn't
just poisoned
politics. Mothers-
to-be. Food
stocks low.
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
lxxxiii.
All alone at
end of era. Good-
bye to all
that. Curb
culture of
spin. Talked about
novel. Moment of
truth. Night I
killed. Full betrayal
mode.