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HOW MANY UNREAL SQUARE MILES?(LOCAL/STATE)(THE TALK)(Column)
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The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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July 30, 2003
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Byline: Doug Moe
Today's Talk is a classic column that Doug Moe picked for his readers to enjoy while he is on vacation. He will be back Aug. 6. This column first appeared Dec. 16, 1999.
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I WAS scanning a press release earlier this week about a Madison native in the entertainment business, and at one point the release said Madison was "once described as 15 square miles surrounded by reality."
This has haunted us for more than 20 years, and with the end of the world as we know it only two weeks away, it may be the last chance to set the record straight.
Lee Dreyfus gets the original blame. "It was during the campaign," Bill Kraus was saying Wednesday. ...
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