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<p>Hopefully <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/philosophers-debate-meaning-of-meaning-at-annual-conference/2011/12/29/gIQA4qjzUP_story.html" target="_self">this</a> represents the start of a trend:</p>
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<p>In one largish ballroom, a different sort of panel was happening. It featured the Dish’s Andrew Sullivan and two other men who looked like Andrew Sullivan — pleasant, bearded, round-faced men, which is a chic sub-style among many of the attendees here, optionally accessorized with square glasses and male-pattern baldness. The panel was called &#39;From Philosophical Training to Professional Blogging.&#39;</p>
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<p>And I just <a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/01/ask-me-anything-if-romney-is-the-nominee.html" target="_self">buzzed mine down</a> to scruff.</p>
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