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In The Pipeline: The Streisand of Saigon
Heads turn at the bustling My Thuan Market on Westminster Boulevard in nearby Little Saigon as we take our seats one recent morning by the dim sum counter. People are noticing the person I'm with, Carol Kim, but keeping a respectful distance. Sometimes...
Tags: Linda Ronstadt, Aretha Franklin, Entertainment, Willie Nelson, Barbra Streisand
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The maritime editor: A reporter makes the news
Special to The Baltimore SunAs The Sun's maritime editor from 1949 to 1969, I was given a free hand to cover the shipping world as I saw fit. And in those days we believed our mission was not just to make certain that The Sun was the leader in maritime news but also to enhance and...Tags: Port of Baltimore, Railway Transportation, Richard Nixon, Transportation, Wars and Interventions
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Taken For Granted: Prose in honor of Memorial Day
Tomorrow is Memorial Day, and today’s column is devoted to a prose poem by my good friend, 1st Lt. Mike Gray. My deep appreciation for permission to publish this special dedication to all those we honor on Memorial Day. The Silver Boxes No one...Tags: Memorial Day, Holidays, Human Interest
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Traveling the country, delicacies always near
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — By the time my plane landed here, my travel companion, Vung Nguyen, 22 years my junior and a Vietnamese native, was already waiting for me at the hotel pool with her 5-year-old niece. They had brought me a gift from the...
Tags: U.S. Military, Foods and Beverages, Soups, Trips and Vacations, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Seller of tiny town tells his tale
Before he was the man who sold a Wyoming town, Don Sammons was a Newport Beach local looking for a country escape where he and his wife could start a family. Sammons, 61, remembers Newport less for its reputation as an affluent community and more for...
Tags: Auction Service, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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Miss F.V. pageant back after 21-year absence
In the course of representing her hometown, the next Miss Fountain Valley may get her hands dirty. Or at least her shoes. That's what Keeli Scott Lisack, the executive director of the city's first scholarship pageant in 21 years, remembers about her...Tags: University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Irvine, Health, Skin Cancer, Arts and Culture
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Nhu Lan Saigon Subs takes over Cloud 9 spot and gets to keep the snow ice machine
Tribune reporterFor those of us who loved the unique and impossibly light Taiwanese snow ice served at Cloud 9 in Lakeview, the closing of the little shop was a big disappointment. That's why we were so pleased to see snow ice on offer at the new store opening at the...Tags: Services and Shopping, Grocery Coupons, Groceries, Networking
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The Banh Mi Report
Pho Saigon
989 New Britain Ave., West Hartford, (860) 953-1122
What’s it called -- in business-speak -- when you open up a new small enterprise right next to the establishment that’s likely to be your biggest competitor? You have to admire...Tags: Foods and Beverages, Soups, Homes, Southeast Asia, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Man Has 180-pound Tumor Removed
KTLA NewsHO CHI MINH CITY -- A Vietnamese man is recovering in the intensive care unit Friday, a day after surgery that completely removed from his right leg a tumor twice his body weight, according to the hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. The growing tumor had...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Medical Professionals, Concerts, CNN (tv network), The Elephant Man (movie)
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Surgery removes tumor twice the size of man's weight
CNNA Vietnamese man is recovering in the intensive care unit Friday, a day after surgery that completely removed from his right leg a tumor twice his body weight, according to the hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. The growing tumor had rendered the patient,...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Medical Professionals, Concerts, CNN (tv network), Music
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Last JFK Tapes Released: He Worried About Re-Election, Vietnam
CNNShortly before his death in 1963, President John F. Kennedy was worried about how he would come across to young voters at the 1964 Democratic Convention. "What is it that we can [do to] make them decide that they want to vote for us, Democrats and...Tags: CNN (tv network), U.S. Military, Libraries, White House, U.S. Department of State
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Banh Mi at Huong VIet on Park Street in Hartford
* * 1/2 Huong Viet
2014 Park St., Hartford, (860) 233-0888
Last year Lisa and I discovered Mini Saigon on Park Street in Hartford. We'd been looking for banh mi — the much-discussed Vietnamese grinders — and we found them right there in...Tags: Restaurants, Sausages, Shrimp, Cheese Corn, Foods and Beverages
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