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    Feb 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times Exclusive

  1. Republican fallacy: Average Joe is best served by Big Business

    Republicans make the claim that their party represents the concerns of average, hard-working, family-centered Americans. It is a curious claim, given that their party unfailingly opposes any measure that gives those average Americans a break. 
    Republicans make the claim that their party represents the concerns of average, hard-working, family-centered Americans. It is a curious claim, given that their party unfailingly opposes any measure that gives those average Americans a break.  Average...

    Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Mortgages, Interior Policy

    2. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Jessica Chastain to star in Liv Ullmann's film of 'Miss Julie'

    <em>This post has been corrected, as detailed below.</em>
    This post has been corrected, as detailed below. Jessica Chastain is currently on Broadway in "The Heiress," playing Catherine Sloper, a rich girl with boyfriend and daddy problems. Now Variety reports that she's been tapped to play another classic...

    Tags: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Samantha Morton, Mike Figgis, Saffron Burrows, Long Island

    3. Dec 3, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Looking Back

    <span>S</span>outhern California&rsquo;s love affair with the automobile is expressed annually at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which for over a hundred years has been a barometer of industry trends and public tastes in all things car-related.
    Southern California’s love affair with the automobile is expressed annually at the Los Angeles Auto Show, which for over a hundred years has been a barometer of industry trends and public tastes in all things car-related. As a city, Los Angeles...

    Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Oldsmobile, Auto Shows, Automotive Equipment, Manufacturing and Engineering

    4. Nov 2, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Margaret Talbot's 'The Entertainer' an engaging tribute

    <strong>The Entertainer</strong>
    -------------------- The Entertainer Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century Margaret Talbot Riverhead: 432 pp., $28.95 -------------------- In "The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century," New Yorker staff writer...

    Tags: Barbara Stanwyck, William Randolph Hearst, Trips and Vacations, Family, Shirley Temple

    5. Sep 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Book review: 'The Lost Prince' by Selden Edwards

    <strong>The Lost Prince</strong>
    -------------------- The Lost Prince A Novel Selden Edwards Dutton: 437 pp., $26.95 -------------------- Three years ago, a first-time novelist and longtime English teacher named Selden Edwards popped up on bestseller lists with "The Little Book,"...

    Tags: Mark Twain, Book, World War I (1914-1918), World War II (1939-1945), Newspaper and Magazine

    6. Jun 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Anna Schwartz dies at 96; economist, expert on monetary policy

    Anna Schwartz, an economist and coauthor with Milton Friedman of a book on monetary policy that shaped the views of central bankers including Federal Reserve ChairmanBen S. Bernanke, has died. She was 96.
    Anna Schwartz, an economist and coauthor with Milton Friedman of a book on monetary policy that shaped the views of central bankers including Federal Reserve ChairmanBen S. Bernanke, has died. She was 96. Schwartz died Thursday at her home in Manhattan...

    Tags: Milton Friedman, Money and Monetary Policy, John Taylor, George W. Bush, Federal Reserve

    7. May 9, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Maurice Sendak dies at 83, author of 'Where the Wild Things Are'

    He had already been proclaimed "the Picasso of children's books" by Time magazine when Maurice Sendak, then in his 30s, wrote and illustrated "Where the Wild Things Are," a dark fantasy that became one of the 10 bestselling children's books of all time.
    He had already been proclaimed "the Picasso of children's books" by Time magazine when Maurice Sendak, then in his 30s, wrote and illustrated "Where the Wild Things Are," a dark fantasy that became one of the 10 bestselling children's books of all time....

    Tags: Off-Broadway Theater, Barack Obama, Carole King, Television Industry, Fantasy (genre)

    8. Nov 18, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Jon B. Lovelace dies at 84; head of American Funds

    Jon B. Lovelace, who led the Los Angeles-based American Funds mutual fund company as it became one of the country's largest money management firms, has died. He was 84.
    Jon B. Lovelace, who led the Los Angeles-based American Funds mutual fund company as it became one of the country's largest money management firms, has died. He was 84. His family said Lovelace died of natural causes at his home in Santa Barbara on...

    Tags: Personal Finance, J. Paul Getty Trust, Yosemite National Park, Getty Center, Economy, Business and Finance

    9. May 8, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Good times for San Antonio's River Walk

    Dining alfresco on the famed River Walk has its risks. Trust me. I know.
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    Dining alfresco on the famed River Walk has its risks. Trust me. I know. One pleasantly temperate afternoon not long ago, while gearing up to ravage a plate of chicken enchiladas slathered in verde sauce, I unrolled my cloth napkin to fetch the...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Public Employees, Michael Nesmith, Tourism and Leisure, Amusement and Theme Parks

    10. Feb 5, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Michael Hiltzik: Angelides vs. Pecora

    Money & Company
    The question of why the Angelides Commission, which just released its report on the financial meltdown of 2007-08 and is the subject of my Sunday column, doesn't resemble the groundbreaking 1933 Pecora investigation into the 1929 crash is one of......
    11. Nov 7, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Book review: 'A Secret Gift' by Ted Gup

    "A Secret Gift
    Los Angeles Times
    "A Secret Gift How One Man's Kindness — and a Trove of Letters — Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression" Ted Gup Penguin Press: 368 pp., $25.95 On Dec. 18, 1933, an ad appeared in the Canton, Ohio, paper offering financial...

    Tags: Consumers, Human Interest, Plastic Surgeons, Social Issues, Family

    12. Nov 28, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Exploring Mitchell Caverns in Providence Mountains State Recreation Area

    Reporting from the Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, Calif.
    Special to the Los Angeles Times
    Reporting from the Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, Calif. There's Down Under, like the story on New Zealand on the left side of this page, and then there's down under. I chose the latter. Like that journey, my trip to the Providence...

    Tags: Oliver Stone, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Mojave National Preserve, Movies

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