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A vote for Question 6 is a vote to end discrimination
Like everyone I know, I am planning to vote this November for Question 6 to legalize same-sex marriages in Maryland. The law will rectify an unfair situation which, if it were not so ugly in its discrimination, would almost be humorous. It was all...Tags: Diets and Dieting, Elizabeth Taylor, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Family
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Saul Genendlis, city schools educator
Saul Genendlis, an advocate for special education and a retired Baltimore City schools principal and administrator, died of heart disease Sept. 25 at his Hampstead home. He was 84.
Known by his students as Mr. G., he was once the city's acting...Tags: Hialeah, Armed Forces, William Donald Schaefer, University of Louisville, Debbie Reynolds
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'A crazy kind of mishmash'
Carmine Sardo leads a double life much akin to that of a comic book superhero. By day, he's a mild-mannered merchant, tending to his La Crescenta auto and boat upholstery business. After dark, Sardo is transmogrified into a musical crusader, a player of...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Ray Brown, Barney Kessel, Johnnie Ray
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Shirley Jones will perform at Boscov's White Marsh opening
Come shop at Boscov's in White Marsh Mall Oct. 5, and hear Shirley Jones belt out the show tunes. The department store's return to the mall, where it will fill the empty anchor spot it left nearly four years ago, will be kicked off with a special ticket-...Tags: The Partridge Family (tv program), White Marsh, Entertainment, Academy Awards, Movies
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Words of wisdom from 'The Best Man' himself Gore Vidal
Liz Smith"George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and the founders were almost to a man isolationists. We had a big country; it was new. We had a lot to do. We have no business fighting a war. It's none of our business. ... "The word democracy is never mentioned...Tags: Carl Reiner, Carol Burnett, Entertainment, Democracy, Gore Vidal¿s The Best Man (play)
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'Willy Wonka' director Mel Stuart dies at 83
VarietyMel Stuart, who directed 1971 children's classic "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," among more than 180 producing or helming efforts in a career that spanned more than five decades, died Thursday, Aug. 9, from cancer in Los Angeles. He was 83....Tags: Billy Wilder, James L. Brooks, PBS (tv network), BBC, Entertainment
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Comedian Clarence Loos dies at 85
VarietyClarence Loos, a baggy-pants vaudeville comedian who appeared onstage alongside the Three Stooges, the Andrews Sisters, Mickey Rooney and Sammy Davis Jr., died May 25 in Las Vegas. He was 85. Loos was a clown in an old-fashioned sense of the word, using...Tags: Andrews Sisters (music group), Sammy Davis Jr., Entertainment, Comedy (genre)
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Ann Rutherford dies at 94
Ann Rutherford, an actress whose small role as Scarlett's younger sister Carreen in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" was her most enduring, has died. She was 94. Rutherford, who also portrayed Mickey Rooney's teenage girlfriend in the Andy Hardy...
Tags: Buster Crabbe, Romance (genre), Celebrities, Gene Autry, Heart Problems
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They won't be puttin' on the Ritz in Paris for a few years
Liz Smith"I MARRIED David for better, for worse; but not for lunch!" said the Duchess of Windsor whenever she turned up at the famous Ritz Hotel in Place Vendome, Paris. (She was speaking of an abdicated king of England.) Vanity Fair magazine presents in its July...Tags: Audrey Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (movie), Ridley Scott, Entertainment
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LOOKING BACK: From Our Files for June 17
100 years ago — 1912 A number of baseball enthusiasts are jubilant over the possibility of organizing a ball team to play during the summer here. It is the intension of the managers to get the best possible material, none of the players to...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Anthony Quinn, Agnes Moorehead, Dance
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60 Years Of Memories For The Travelers Championship
The Hartford CourantCROMWELL — The first PGA Tour stop in Connecticut was 60 years ago with the Insurance City Open at Wethersfield Country Club. Now called the Travelers Championship, it has gone through some name and sponsor changes through the years. But for...Tags: Travelers Championship, Whitey Ford, Aetna Inc., Gordie Howe, Jay Williamson
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How 'Wizard of Oz' struggled on road to fame
Nostalgia and navel-gazing dominated the Academy Awards broadcast Sunday, including a spoof featuring Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Jennifer Coolidge and others as a disgruntled focus group attending a "Wizard of Oz" test screening circa 1939. The...Tags: Wicked (musical), Victor Fleming, Fred Willard, Arthur Freed, The Wizard of Oz (movie, 1939)
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