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Wednesday, March 31, 2004

cclii.
Betrayed by giant.
Answers your flight.
A 15-year rest

period
before
coughing up. Ran

aground. How a comedy
ended up. 'Hands in
partnership.' A single

cry. There was an
undercurrent.

Tuesday, March 30, 2004

ccli.
Golden hand
shake. Cynical
ploy/brave

plot. Art on
screen. 'Hand
of friendship.'

Intolerance of
political
activity. The

money's run
out again.

Monday, March 29, 2004

ccl.
Big tent policies. Why I
threw up. Athletics is facing
a worrying growth in

number. Signs up a new recuit.
Defiant deputy raises leadership
spectre. 'He's clearly recovered

very, very well.' 'It's strange,
given the history, to come and
do this.' Needed no lectures

on the dangerous.

Sunday, March 28, 2004

ccxlix.
Through the key
hole, upsetting the
applecart. Bad for

England. 'Where do I
sleep?' Kept by
doctors without their

knowledge. Innoculated.
Slash the odds on surviving
to lead. Pass power to hand-

picked minister. The woes of the
supermarket. The party
is abuzz.

Saturday, March 27, 2004

ccxlviii.
Refuses to 'sell
her soul to the
devil.' Famous Britons'

dying wishes revealed
online. 'This is not
your subject.' Executrix.

Some people find him
less than memorable.
Millions exploiting

immigrants.

Thursday, March 25, 2004

ccxlvii.
'You can't organise
a row.' 'Ignorance is
ignorance; no right to believe

anything can be
derived from it.' A
new world. Disaster,

disaster. Funded by
a slave trader. Much to offer
the market. 'I had thought,

frankly, that it could
be improved on.'

Sunday, March 21, 2004

ccxlvi.
How I wish it had been
worse. Joy in Jamacia as
England drubs an

audience. Over and out.
Expected to coast to a
third term. Didn't. Fat man

stops singing. 'The public
may never trust us again.'
Not so retiring. Ally and sink.

Suspects are linked.

Saturday, March 20, 2004

ccxlv.
This roaring city has been hushed.
Third tunnel found. Bare-
knuckle fights caught on camera

for our benefit. Mine tracks
the base rate. Recommend this
to a friend. Admits errors in

friendly fire. Captured on botched
aid mission. He 'claimed that
the state ought to pay for his

sexual frustration'.

Friday, March 19, 2004

ccxliv.
Five held. Three days that
shhok. The document also warns
of the consequences of

cuts. Suspicions over
responsibility. Be seen in a high
performance car. Biggest

mianland. Expect to down a
dozen or so. Labels may be slapped
on junk. 'We must be prepared

for strike.' Said it was
considering a tax. The document
also warns of the consequences.

Thursday, March 18, 2004

ccxliii.
How I disfigured
the times modelling
the season's

menswear. Making
vast profits from
fear. 'We are

in mortal
danger.' Lacks
critical thinking, sets

out new credo.

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

ccxlii.
Chief executive
of mind reviews
drugs. A

hunting ban
was promised. Who
did it? Automatic

paper shredders.
Attacks will harden
Washington. New

fronts emerge.

Tuesday, March 16, 2004

ccxli.
Meet head on.
Everything
to do. Turmoil

of emotion.
We asked for
six

of the best.
Reports and pictures.
'Famous for

its working class
that never
draws breath.'

Monday, March 15, 2004

ccxl.
You are your
supermarket. Stop
cashing

in. Taken to
task. Cutting
the knot. Tanks

on the lawn. Dream
start. Ugly stop.
Crossing the Rubicon

yesterday.

Sunday, March 14, 2004

ccxxxix.
Night comes alive
in deep
space. A stunning

picture
of dust. Sources at
the hotel. To tempt

you in here's
one
broke down. May quit

for top job.

Saturday, March 13, 2004

ccxxxviii.
Who's on first? 'A second
resolution would have been
needed.' Defence is

bogus. Confessions of a
libertine. Government shared
the view. Shame game. Drink

limit. Benefits to bio-
diversity are 'reduced but not
eliminated'. Great artists of

the century.

Thursday, March 11, 2004

ccxxxvii.
'Stalin brought us up to
be true to the people.' Lip
international. Heel. 'But he's

coming home.' Setbacks and
dashed hopes ahoy. Helpless
justice said to be based

on fact. Dangerous crop
of headlines. A cultural row
of rare

intensity.

Wednesday, March 10, 2004

ccxxxvi.
Media coma. BBC
Battle. Motoring inside.
Proclaimed their mission.

Souls for the sake.
Because of her
'modesty', this

happens. Or not.
A simple reason
to stop hunting

whales: why not go
freelance?

Tuesday, March 09, 2004

ccxxxv.
'Gagged' by
global
warming. Designer

behind. 'Behaved
as if they were.'
Further report:

change was a
greater threat
to the world. Ford

makes his final
bow. Tests to be
dropped. Offers 'historic

choice'. Attracting
heat. Ridiculed over
claims. Peers threaten

to revolt to
scrap.

Monday, March 08, 2004

ccxxxiv.
Delivered in kit form
by cosmic projectiles. The never-
ending tour. 'Sheer acidic

bite.' Plunged into. Coincidence? A
sacrilegious blow. Given free
hand. Two held over. Denies

paying to keep affair
secret. Tap water. Observes
fashion keeping the faith.

Suddenly and distressingly
stalled.

Saturday, March 06, 2004

ccxxxiii.
Glimpsed in
a little-seen
role. Breaks

new ground. An
unexpected
thumbs up. Under-

mined him
for years. Fears
a repeat. New

rulers arrive.

Friday, March 05, 2004

ccxxxii.
Myth and
reality and
'everything you

need to know'. 'We
are allergic
to Western

society.' What
price freedom?
'I was a target

too.' Fights on
after.

Thursday, March 04, 2004

ccxxxi.
Did we bug
her? Dork to
diva. Music

to suicide.
Heard the one?
'Our intelligence

services perform
vital
task.' Bid

to sell.

Wednesday, March 03, 2004

ccxxx.
'We joked that the phones
were bugged.' The odd couple tells
UN. 'I've seen transcriptions

of our
conversation.' Accused of
sabotage. 'These things

are done.' 'I don't know
about
legalities.' Text to

anyone.

Tuesday, March 02, 2004

ccxxix.
Chaos on the streets. Ten
best flowers. 'Be my
psuedo-friend.' Action

fails
to silence. Joy and
panic. Era is over. Paris

and Washington find
common ground. Produce tempts
shoppers as sales surge. Hit by

big freeze.

Monday, March 01, 2004

ccxxviii.
Loose cannon. Whistle blower. Ecstasy.
Changed his central advice. Left
his job. (Opinion was produced

and handled. Must answer to
house. Prepare new bid to buy
title.) 'For the more discerning

property investor.' Cut short short
fuse. Evidence may be unusable.
Superstore wedding. 'I cannot help

but conclude.'