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Today in history: April 18
1906: A devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires; estimates of the final death toll range between 3,000 and 6,000. 1934: The first laundromat (called a ''washateria'') opened in Fort Worth, Texas. 1945: Famed American...Tags: Carrie Underwood, Academy of Country Music Awards
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For those 'doing the dying'
Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front By Todd DePastino Norton, 370 pages, $27.95 In 1945 Gen. George Patton threatened to ban the U.S. Armed Forces newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, from his 3rd Army ranks if it did not stop carrying cartoonist Bill Mauldin's...Tags: Cartoons, Theodore Roosevelt, World War I (1914-1918), Armed Forces, Death
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Steinbeck, too, raised concerns over war coverage
Sun Television WriterWhen John Steinbeck's dispatches from World War II were compiled and published in 1958 as a collection called Once There Was A War, one critic delivered a particularly acidic assessment: "They are period pieces, the attitudes archaic, the impulses...Tags: England, Hospitals and Clinics, Armed Forces, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway
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Quotes from and about Bob Hope
"An audience is like dope. Once you're used to it -- the applause and excitement -- you have to have it again." -- Bob Hope "I've enjoyed 60 memorable years with NBC. Sixty years ... I started before the peacock, and he wound up taking my parking...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Bob Hope, Health, John Steinbeck, Charlie Chaplin
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October 11, 2004: A soldier's friend
Special to the SentinelScott Rutter from Fox News is embedding with us for a few days. Embedded reporters live with soldiers when they are covering them for their news agencies. Scott has a unique story. But what separates Scott from other reporters is his passion for...Tags: Armed Forces, Baghdad (Iraq), Weather, Weather Reports, Fox Broadcasting Company
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The ultimate StairMaster
Pittsburgh, observed newspaper columnist Ernie Pyle in 1937, "must have been laid out by a mountain goat. It's up and down, and around and around and in betwixt."
Laboring up a concrete staircase called 18th Street, I find myself wishing for hooves....Tags: Vehicles, Mount Washington, Transportation, The Washington Post, Health and Medical Professionals
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Oahu sites recall 1941 and aftermath
Dallas Morning NewsThe Hawaiian island of Oahu offers numerous sites related to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Visiting such historic places is important, said Adm. Thomas Fargo, commander in chief of the Pacific Fleet, because "we need to remember those who died, to honor our...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Personal Data Collection, Armed Forces, Japan, Defense
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The Story of World War II -- Preface
In 1995, the death of my father, a World War II veteran, reawakened my interest in the war that transformed his life and the lives of his friends and family in the close-knit working-class neighborhood where he grew up, graduated from high school, and met...Tags: Family, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Colleges and Universities, Armed Forces, Movies
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Chapter 7: War orphan finds new start, struggles
Chicago Tribune arts criticMy mother never told me why she wanted to start over in the U.S., but it's not difficult to imagine a desire to flee the place where virtually everyone you knew and loved was executed. The Jewish Children's Bureau helped my mother find relatives in...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Civil Unrest, Chicago Tribune, Judaism, Religious Conflicts
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Hunted 60 years ago, Sonia is running again
Tribune arts criticOn the frigid evening of Feb. 15, 2001, a silver-haired woman who stood less than 5 feet tall packed some skirts, blouses and underwear into two brown shopping bags. She put on her gray winter coat, locked the door to her Skokie home and fled. After she...Tags: Civil Unrest, Ukraine, Hospitals and Clinics, Social Issues, Poetry
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