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Tuesday, August 31, 2004

ccclxxxi.
All about my
all about. 'Oh
my God, I

don't care.'
Shattered castle
rebuilt. Whole

of UK
warned; fell back
on tourists. Light

must listen.

Monday, August 30, 2004

ccclxxx.
Right human wrongs: the
case
for the

defense. Gold
struck repeatedly. Every
vacancy. 'More rights

than the victim.' Too
many spurious
reasons. Blast nuclear

base. Tap out
Morse to
self. 'Safe'

community.

Sunday, August 29, 2004

ccclxxix.
Golden day lasts
longer. Composer
escapes. Drought ended

trio's chorus. Those
bereaved
in 'peace'. Moved from

bombed shops. Report
of 'Irish
charm' held

up. Missed
coronation
attracts

a hit.

Saturday, August 28, 2004

ccclxxviii.
Final assault forced.
'It's been like this ever
since.' Unprecedented

success toppled. Dust
storm threatens
human health. Crack

down on change. Made
to flay again. Linked to
suicide. 'These

places
are hidden.'

Friday, August 27, 2004

ccclxxvii.
A-
stonshing
lack

of surfeit. Only
official guide
goaded. Grounded

image
of destruction. Trapped
by landslide. Lady begins

to catch up.

Thursday, August 26, 2004

ccclxxvi.
Women
and children
thirst. Two

million flee.
The secrets
of a longer,

happier life.
Massive
shake-up. Lost

classic
found on
train. Stay

married belly
up. Lack
of interest

'a bit
dated'.

Wednesday, August 25, 2004

ccclxxv.
'He was playing
the status
quo.' Through the world's

front door. Stars
shown waiting
over. Hearts already

broken. Ordered release
by cleric. 'Hello, good
morning, goodbye.'

Judge
refuses
to judge.

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

ccclxxiv.
Inside the shrine, a
bloody battle. Embroils
ancient Greek

heroes. Trade roles
elevate
an inner circle. End

of an affair ruins our
image. Takes pride
of place. Eats sugar

out of hand
to placate
critics.

Monday, August 23, 2004

ccclxxiii.
'I, robotic
dancer.' Killer
gets life. 'Search

the trees.' 'We are
victims too,'
they say. 'Recklessly

damaged by an
arrogant
coterie

of ideologues.' 'Time
makes more converts
than reason.' 'We

can't choose who
wins.'

Sunday, August 22, 2004

ccclxxii.
Grown up icy. Fame
as replacement family
folded. Great investment

tackles his mentor. 'My
best friend is my
diamond.' 'It is lucrative

speaking
in circles.' Spectacular
openings. The

hardest substances.

Saturday, August 21, 2004

ccclxxi.
Torture evident: unable
to see. A political
odyssey yet another

whitewash. Sponsor and
fund son's son. The
shallowness of

respectability. Follow him
into the law. 'Just frankly
provocative.' 'A comment

on a domestic
situation?' Doubtful, he
says.

Friday, August 20, 2004

ccclxx.
Origin story re-
routed. Making
a champion. Urged

to leave (and then) struck
black gold. Punishing
children, jails run

privately. Hard line
pledged. Pay the price and don't
own one. Told to drop

daughter. Heavily
affected by prickly
issue. Redesigned

cartoon.

Thursday, August 19, 2004

ccclxix.
'Happy to accept
flowers.' Race against
theme, the world's

worst. Your guide
to the Premier. Violence
as victim itself. Powers

close to victory. Saved
after spirit rubbishes
tax. Hellfighter saves

air. Figures defend
terror tactics.

Tuesday, August 17, 2004

ccclxviii.
Men beat women
at identifying
noises. 'A new breed

of shooter.' Seafront
eyesore makeover.
Pupil is good

at school. Another
fine mess. Our 'brutal
fight'. Another

pummelling. Photo
fit. Allies round. Found
alive stranded.

Monday, August 16, 2004

cccxlvii.
'I keep thinking of points
to score.' 'How frightened
are you?' 'A light light beach

of progression.' Remember
poor heroine. The question
mark goes lost. Jabs ordered

for all
babies. 'There goes
the neighbourhood.' A fat lot

of good. Juggled into
history. 'White is the colour
of innocence.' Baths saved

cult. Official fury sparked. Stung
in spin. Coded letters. 'It's
addictive.' Mothers

want shame.

Sunday, August 15, 2004

ccclxvi.
Six days auto-
biography. Kills in
raid. Number of

bankrupts explodes.
Rebuked, but stays on
register. Refused to

apologise. Theory as
certainty as
dogma. Accused of self-

censorship. Comes out of
the graveyard.

Saturday, August 14, 2004

ccclxv.
Carnegie Hall beckons ex-
cellist. Smoke from engine.
Males lust most

for labels. 'They are just
devils.' No case to answer
for, but all eyes turn. 'She is

very bright and they are very
silly.' Revolt over female
promotion ebbs. Chief is

dismissed. 'May educate
children eventually.'

Friday, August 13, 2004

ccclxiv.
Intelligence that needed to be
acted upon immediately. Media
attention span unaltered. Spurns

candy. Shoppers caught in down-
pour, safe amid bloodletting. Hands
up, give me the sweets, says a boy

with a shotgun. Banks hint at further
interest. 'You don't seem to be very mature.'
Tears and tributes attend his

fate. 'We will look into it.'

Thursday, August 12, 2004

ccclxiii.
Lift coincides
with setback. Close-up
right up

nose. A four-
year informs.
It opens for

business again. Again
crashes down. 'Rewrites'
the history

of wine. Minister refuses
to say
what it means. It lies

in the pip.

Wednesday, August 11, 2004

ccclxii.
'Throughout his
complex life.' Meet the king
of advertising. Save

the houses. 'We are
a nation of
dangers.' Make a

breakfast. High terror,
sales had fallen
sharply. A shrewd

move, double
helix.

Tuesday, August 10, 2004

ccclxi.
Smug interjector inter-
cepted. Medical timebomb
issues warning blips. The

best & the worst entertains
family. Profession will
lose status. Quits as

affair. Fire strike threat.
Whistleblower to sue. Water
top seller. Switching off

genes.

Monday, August 09, 2004

ccclx.
Zigzag hierarchical
song. 'It's striking, it's
modern, it's

a tribute to
a great.' Any
ideas? Pope warns

feminists he has
'no other
vocation'. Psalm-

style drafts: Churchill
as Pound. 'Oak and
heartwood resonated

with everyone.'

Sunday, August 08, 2004

ccclix.
Spontaneous wit-
ness. 'I never felt any
pressure.' Middle

American. Middle
ear. 'You can
trust me.' Hit over

crisis. Curfew
at an end. 'Swift
and uncertain. ' Curtain

falls and keeps on
falling.

Saturday, August 07, 2004

ccclviii.
Family, last bastion, goes
down. A serious
cheer. Warning

hits bird. Redemption
sings songs. Big bright
light. Repeat pointing

fingers. Figures
take off. 'Who
will mourn, evade, this

nincompoop?'

Friday, August 06, 2004

ccclvii.
Habitats
in chalk fathom
the depth. Laughed

as they
beat. Ultrasonic
warning calls a sound

instinct. 'He's rich. He's
slick. He's
self-centred.' A family

holidays. Nix six
wholesale: a frontier
too far.

Thursday, August 05, 2004

ccclvi.
Sell Europe by by-
election challenges. Heart
at feet sank

reshuffle. Jabs against
record. Stripped of veto
powers into. Modified

athletes could be
bad. Astonishing
on the brink. Menu for

outings.

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

ccclv.
Thrice in the
wilderness. Twice
repealed. Never

say ever. 'I even
pretended.' Old man represents
last images

of Che
Guevara. 'People
told me to quit.' Death

penalty meant. Own
your own
smell.

Tuesday, August 03, 2004

cccliv.
Wide world-
view sent
spinning. 'A nation

transformed.' A string
of failures. Bigger
cloud. Star made

on the road. Denies
demolition. 'Who was
to blame?' Found

wanting 'at
first light'.

Monday, August 02, 2004

cccliii.
'He had crossed his
Rubicon.' 'The
system was blinking.' The rise

of a star before
sunset. Still alive, still
kicking. History

of crime. 'Something very,
very big.' A shock of
'drumbeats'. Primarily one

of imagination.

Sunday, August 01, 2004

ccclii.
Fiery chief's huge time
commitment. Truth-crime.
New figure's surreal journey

without maps. Other studies have
found that when. Temple
of jazz. Error in tactics

over. Named as new. No
respite as intelligence
reopens inquiry. A knack

for monsters.