October 2007

Lost Last Month

SCHIP, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, after a swift veto from the President. A little bit of civilization, after vandals punch a hole in Claude Monet's Le Pont d'Argenteuil at the Musée D'Orsay in Paris. US track and field star Marion Jones' five medals, won during the Sydney Olympics, which she returned after confessing to using illegal performance enhancers. The remainder of the 2007 Chicago Marathon, shut down after only three and a half hours due to record-high temps. Cecilia and Nicolas Sarkozy's marriage, upon filing for divorce. Nearly 400 points of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, on the 20th anniversary of Black Monday. Five lives, 1,300 homes, and countless acres as a result of the raging California wildfires. The marbles of the Acropolis from the Acropolis, after being cautiously moved to the New Acropolis Museum 25 centuries after their creation.