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February 25, 2008

Best Headlines du Jour: No Country for Old Men / Slowhand to Korea

Winner of best headline du jour today is a near tie. Pride of place, however must go to this punning homage to the Academy Awards in a piece about pension troubles in the U.K.:

• No Country for Old Men (AllAboutAlpha)

Second place? This slap-upside-the-head FT title about Pyongyang's heretofore unknown fondness for Slowhand:

• N. Korea asks Eric Clapton to Perform (FT)

Why Eric Clapton? If we are to keep it to guitar gods who played with the Yardbirds, why not Jeff Beck? Admittedly, I think ex-Yardbird Jimmy Page is a better pick, but he might be too much for Kim Jong Il's fragile mental state.

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