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Monday, January 23, 2006 12:00 AM

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The New York Times profiles an all-female crew of firefighters.

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  • Monday, January 23, 2006 05:05 PM

    Inept, huh?

    How do you ineptly calculate 36 divided by 11430? Can you do a little more to encourage the idea that girls/women are bad at math? Criminy....

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