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POLL: Sarkozy popularity falls on crisis response...

Sep. 13, 2009
POLL: Sarkozy popularity falls on crisis response...(Second column, 14th story, link)Related stories:Merkel challenged on economy in TV clash...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler