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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Our industry in one simple metaphor.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/18/jet-landing-in-newark-with-dead-pilot/?hp
Posted by geo at 1:05 PM

1 comments:

Teenie said...

Who's gotten up and grabbed the advertising wheel?

June 18, 2009 3:08 PM

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