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HPFacebookVoteV2. init (425277, 'Poll: Americans With Pants on Ground Offended By Hit Song', 'MINNESOTA (The Borowitz Report) - The song \ "Pants on the Ground\" has become a huge hit since being performed on \ "American Idol, \" but a new poll suggests it has not found favor with one key group of Americans: people who wear their pants on the ground.
Andy Borowitz: Poll: Americans With Pants on Ground Offended By Hit Song 2010
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It's hardly surprising that Mr. Silverstein and others in the business community would like to drop the term Ground Zero, particularly those trying to sell space in the rising buildings.
Some Seeking to Move Past 'Ground Zero' Devlin Barrett 2011
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Mitchell Moss , a professor of urban policy at New York University, said the term Ground Zero is obsolete—partly because of all that's been built at the site, and partly because the phrase has been adopted elsewhere.
Some Seeking to Move Past 'Ground Zero' Devlin Barrett 2011
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Now, with every piece of steel that rises at the site, the term Ground Zero becomes less relevant, according to Larry Silverstein , whose firm holds the lease on the 16-acre site.
Some Seeking to Move Past 'Ground Zero' Devlin Barrett 2011
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Chris Ward , the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which is overseeing the rebuilding of the site, said this week in Washington that the term Ground Zero should probably be used for another two years or so, until all the building sites are at least up to ground level.
Some Seeking to Move Past 'Ground Zero' Devlin Barrett 2011
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Within hours of the attack on the World Trade Center, the term Ground Zero was being used to describe the mangled ruins of the collapsed 110-story twin towers.
Some Seeking to Move Past 'Ground Zero' Devlin Barrett 2011
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To most of us media-savvy modern folks, the term Ground Zero refers to a particular location in lower Manhattan.
Deborah Schoeberlein: Mosques and Mindfulness at Ground Zero 2010
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To most of us media-savvy modern folks, the term Ground Zero refers to a particular location in lower Manhattan.
Deborah Schoeberlein: Mosques and Mindfulness at Ground Zero 2010
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HARRIS: CNN's White House correspondent Suzanne Malveaux for us at what we call Ground Zero now.
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Claiming Ground is not the portrait of a woman; it's the portrait of a place ...
Claiming Ground: Summary and book reviews of Claiming Ground by Laura Bell. 2010
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