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Culinary Interlude: The Case For Pork-Barrel Spending

—By Tim Murphy

| Tue Aug. 31, 2010 5:15 PM PDT

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Why They Hate Us: Pork ribs from Arthur Bryant's in Kansas City, Missouri (Photo: Tim Murphy). Gratuitous: Ribs from Arthur Bryant's in Kansas City, Missouri (Photo: Tim Murphy).

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