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Luis,
Oops, too many "(".  Make that:

(let*
  (split-date (split-string "Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:05:50 -0600 (CST)" " "))
  (day-of-week (elt split-date 0))
  (day-of-month (elt split-date 1))
  (month (elt split-date 2))
  ...)

--Greg