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Matt Weinstock, Oct. 10, 1959
The Daily MirrorAs for Baseball . . . Now that the madness has abated slightly, let us take a calm second look. The Dodgers, a Horatio Alger team, won a stirring victory, breaking all known records for everything. With it came a degree of hysteria that was at times... -
Peter Berg and Kyle Chandler on the restructuring of 'Friday Night Lights' [UPDATED]
Show TrackerWhen the third season of âFriday Night Lightsâ wrapped in late 2008, star Kyle Chandler was under the belief that heâd be hanging up his coaching cleats for good. The series, which touches on the political, social and familial impacts...... -
Daniel Green, author of Roger Owens biography, passes away
Dodger ThoughtsDaniel Green, who wrote "The Perfect Pitch: The Biography of Roger Owens, The Famous Peanut Man at Dodger Stadium," passed away Tuesday, according to a posting on his Facebook page by his wife, Julia. Green was Owens' nephew. In my...... -
Ticket Replay: Socks Clinton dies; former First Cat known for sleeping was 20, give or take
Top of the TicketWhite House pets -- every president needs one even if they never wanted one before -- tend to become national pets too.... -
Off the Shelf: Maud Newton's life - a novel, not a memoir
When I was 12, I emerged from an intense depression by imagining the book I'd write about the things that had caused me to take to my bed.
I remember crossing the field from the library to our small apartment and starting to compose the story in my head....Tags: Graham Greene, Education, Fiction, University of Florida, Children
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Chef memoirs: What hath Anthony Bourdain wrought?
Anthony Bourdain didn't invent the chef memoir, but he revolutionized it. And judging by the latest crop of books, I'd say he has a lot to answer for.
In the old days, chef stories followed a pretty staid outline: childhood in sunny France, first job,...Tags: Rachael Ray, Graydon Carter, Seinfeld (tv program), Restaurants, Dining and Drinking
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In Campaign 2008, the story's the thing
On the front page of Thursday's Los Angeles Times was a story about John McCain. It was not really a news article but a story that could have begun: "Once upon a time ... " We were told McCain's history, from his parents' romantic elopement to Tijuana...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Bill Clinton, Assault, Crimes, Democratic National Conventions
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The Senate's Philadelphia lawyer
If you had told me last Saturday that one of Sen. Larry Craig's Republican colleagues was covertly urging him to leave some wiggle room in his promise to resign, I like to think I instantly would have identified that colleague as Sen. Arlen Specter....Tags: Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, Arlen Specter, Crime, Law and Justice, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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'On Tarzan' by Alex Vernon
The cover art for Alex Vernon's slim cultural biography "On Tarzan" is a photo of winding green tendrils and vines, vines being the equivalent of the cross-town bus for the Lord of the Apes.
But the photo is also a warning of the thicket we are about...Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Entertainment, Johnny Weissmuller, Arts and Culture, Broadway Theater
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We're all scandal-plagued attorneys general now
In an interview on Sunday's Meet the Press, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was pummeled by host Tim Russert about everything from his inconsistencies on Iraq to his professions of loyalty to both the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Perhaps the...Tags: New York Yankees, Democratic Party, Bill Clinton, Arlen Specter, Tim Russert
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'Mr. America,' by Mark Adams
Mr. America
How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation Through Sex, Salad, and
the Ultimate Starvation Diet
Mark Adams
Harper: 292 pp., $25.99
Before Jack LaLanne and Jane Fonda, an odd man with an odd name reigned as America's...Tags: Upton Sinclair, Disasters and Accidents, Weightlifting, Jack LaLanne, Vegetarian Diet
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Looking for the un-Gonzales
Choosing a new attorney general will be easy if President Bush follows a simple rule: Look for the opposite of Alberto R. Gonzales. Apparently Gonzales finally recognized the damage caused by his mind-boggling explanations of his role in the firings of...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, Arlen Specter, Crime, Law and Justice, John Ashcroft
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