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    Apr 2, 2013 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  1. When are goals ever truly realized in international affairs?

    William Pfaff
    PARIS -- It is, I suppose, too discouraging to face the fact that in international affairs (and indeed in national affairs; but that is another subject) paradox and contradiction rule the world. Policymakers and politicians consistently get what they don'...

    Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Japan, Pakistan, Asia, Environmental Issues

    2. Apr 1, 2013 |Story| McClatchy-Tribune

  2. Iceland: the quirky home of Bobby Fischer, Björk and the Blue Lagoon

    REYKJAVIK, Iceland - This is the only country that gives you a bath before they send you home.
    REYKJAVIK, Iceland - This is the only country that gives you a bath before they send you home. The Blue Lagoon, open year-round, rain or shine, envelops thousands of tourists from all over the world in its misty embrace. Many of them come in big...

    Tags: Ronald Reagan, Michael Douglas, Restaurants, Architecture, Tourism and Leisure

    3. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. 'Star Wars' today: What would Reagan do?

    President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would develop and deploy a system capable of intercepting and destroying strategic ballistic missiles. Like President Kennedy's pledge to send a man to the moon, Reagan's vision was meant to stretch minds to new realities that most found inconceivable.
    President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would develop and deploy a system capable of intercepting and destroying strategic ballistic missiles. Like President...

    Tags: Moscow (Russia), North Korea, Missile Systems, John F. Kennedy, Weaponry

    4. Mar 15, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  4. Young woman helps bring chess to new Chicago audiences

    Checkmate, Chicago.
    For RedEye
    Checkmate, Chicago. Thanks in part to the daughter of Russian immigrants, bar theme nights and the rise of nerd culture, chess is shedding its image as a game for old men in the park or geeky social outcasts. "I think already with this generation, we'...

    Tags: Rogers Park, Game Playing, Immigration, Social Issues, Lifestyle and Leisure

    5. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Van Cliburn dies at 78; pianist who gave U.S. a Cold War victory

    After a tense decade of air raid sirens, duck-and-cover drills and fears of Soviet superiority, hope for America came in an unlikely form in the late 1950s: a lanky, 23-year-old Texan with a head full of curls and huge hands that ranged across a piano keyboard with virtuosic power.
    After a tense decade of air raid sirens, duck-and-cover drills and fears of Soviet superiority, hope for America came in an unlikely form in the late 1950s: a lanky, 23-year-old Texan with a head full of curls and huge hands that ranged across a piano...

    Tags: Moscow (Russia), Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Awards and Prizes, Heroism

    6. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Van Cliburn was a Cold War cultural ambassador

    Van Cliburn, the lanky Texan pianist who died Wednesday at 78, was an unofficial cultural ambassador for the United States during much of the Cold War. His win at the 1958 International Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow made him a beloved musical figure both in the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
    Van Cliburn, the lanky Texan pianist who died Wednesday at 78, was an unofficial cultural ambassador for the United States during much of the Cold War. His win at the 1958 International Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow made him a beloved musical figure...

    Tags: Moscow (Russia), Ronald Reagan, Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Russia

    7. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Van Cliburn, pianist 'who conquered Russia,' dies at 78

    Van Cliburn, a little-known pianist who in 1958 dazzled the music world by winning an international piano competition in Moscow,  died Wednesday of bone cancer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, said his publicist, Mary Lou Falcone.
    Van Cliburn, a little-known pianist who in 1958 dazzled the music world by winning an international piano competition in Moscow,  died Wednesday of bone cancer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, said his publicist, Mary Lou Falcone. A child prodigy,...

    Tags: Moscow (Russia), Elvis Presley, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment, Music Industry

    8. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Nagorno-Karabakh: Old conflict is neither gone nor forgotten

    Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-fire.
    Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-...

    Tags: Wars and Interventions, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Armed Conflicts, West Bank

    9. Dec 20, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  9. Let freedom ring!

    Paul Greenberg
    How about that? Not just Barack Obama can "reset" American policy toward Russia, or give it more "flexibility," to quote his not-so-confidential promise to that country's newest czar. (Our president didn't realize he was talking into an open mike at the...

    Tags: George H.W. Bush, U.S. Congress, Ronald Reagan, Crime, Law and Justice, Political Systems

    10. Dec 10, 2012 |Column| Tribune Media Services

  10. Time out -- take five with the Brubeck Jazz Quartet

    Paul Greenberg
    Dave Brubeck wasn't just a goodwill ambassador abroad with his music and manner, but at home. No one who ever met him left without a good feeling -- and a good story. Here's one: It was long ago when she was a bright girl from deep in the heart of Texas,...

    Tags: Pakistan, Ronald Reagan, Miles Davis, Dave Brubeck, Entertainment

    11. Dec 5, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Dave Brubeck: A jazz icon who reached a massive audience

    Dave Brubeck changed the sound of jazz in profound ways, unexpectedly becoming something of a pop star in the process.
    Dave Brubeck changed the sound of jazz in profound ways, unexpectedly becoming something of a pop star in the process. Starting in the mid-1950s, in fact, he emerged as a symbol of jazz in America, and well beyond, gracing the cover of Time magazine...

    Tags: Minority Groups, Viral Diseases and Infections, Civil Rights, Concerts, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    12. Dec 5, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  12. Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck dies

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) &mdash; Jazz composer and pianist <span style="color: red;">Dave</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">Brubeck</span>, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91.
    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91. Brubeck died Wednesday morning of heart failure after...

    Tags: Ronald Reagan, Heart Failure, U.S. Army, Viral Diseases and Infections, Unrest, Conflicts and War

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