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‘Oblivion’ and Tom Cruise: A closer look at the Bubble Ship design
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesThe U.S.S. Enterprise, the Millennium Falcon, the Nostromo — in the best science-fiction movies, the spaceship is an iconic character ...... -
China's no template for California
SACRAMENTO — Maybe Gov. Jerry Brown has been in China too long. Because some presumably serious comments by him while riding a bullet train were amusing head-shakers. "People here do stuff," the governor marveled, according to an article by...
Tags: Jerry Brown, China, Regional Authority, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Greuel and Garcetti go head-to-head in Boyle Heights
The Los Angeles mayor’s race invaded Boyle Heights on Saturday, with Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti both campaigning in the neighborhood for coveted Eastside votes. In a parking lot outside a Shakey’s Pizza Parlor on bustling Cesar Chavez...
Tags: Immigration, Robert J. Lopez, Elections
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Brown's China trip may have dubious value for the state
SACRAMENTO — You know things are going splendidly for a governor when he can arrange a weeklong jaunt through China and not have to pay a cent himself — or even dip into the public till. The fact that it's sort of a 75th birthday bash for...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Jerry Brown, Ronald Reagan, China, Regional Authority
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McManus: Can Obama sell 'chained CPI'?
President Obama won't release his proposed budget for 2014 until Wednesday, but liberals and AARP have been howling all week about something they expect to be in it. What has our president done to provoke such outrage among his supporters? He's...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Barack Obama, Bernard Sanders, Medicare, U.S. Congress
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The Greuel-Garcetti conundrum
When I met them at their home on election day in March, Don and Prudy Schultz of Van Nuys had a Wendy Greuel sign planted in their frontyard. But today, it's gone. Don jerked it out of the ground as if it were a weed, and got rid of it. "Just wanted...
Tags: Local Elections, Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles International Airport, Wendy Greuel, Jan Perry
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Goldberg: What 'the Iron Lady' forged
In 1975, when asked to explain why Margaret Thatcher was poised to take over the Tory Party, the irascible British satirist Malcolm Muggeridge replied that it was all due to television and the fact that the telegenic Thatcher had a "certain imbecile...
Tags: Political Systems, Social Sciences, Ronald Reagan, Arts and Culture, Tony Blair
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McManus: Let's talk GOP and fantasy politics
Almost four years ago, long before the 2012 presidential campaign heated up, CNN took a poll to learn who Republicans might choose as their party's next nominee. There were two clear front-runners: former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former Arkansas Gov....
Tags: Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Marco Rubio, Political Candidates, Scott Walker
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Newton: Endorsement games
Over the past few weeks, the race for mayor of Los Angeles has been less a contest of ideas and leadership than it's been an endorsement roulette, with Controller Wendy Greuel and Councilman Eric Garcetti trotting out their latest pledges of support as...
Tags: Herb Wesson, Barack Obama, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Ed Reyes, Los Angeles Times Columnists
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McManus: Obama's war on red tape
Here are three things the Obama administration has done that you probably didn't know about: Ever struggle with those accordion-style rubber sleeves on nozzles at the gas station? The sleeve — technically a "vapor recovery nozzle" — was...
Tags: Downstream Oil and Gas Activities, Ronald Reagan, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Barack Obama, Brookings Institution
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Chained thinking on the federal deficit
Washington's tug of war over the federal budget has many wonders, but the biggest one of all must be the lengths to which politicians and pundits will go to deprive Granny and Grandpa of $30 a month. That's the amount by which benefits for the average...
Tags: Foods and Beverages, Barack Obama, Los Angeles Times Columnists, Apples, Budgets and Budgeting
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Mayor leaves L.A. in better shape than he found it
I couldn't have imagined saying this a few years ago, but I wish Antonio Villaraigosa could run again for mayor of Los Angeles. You can look at broken promises and judge the mayor a flop: too many potholes, and not enough cops. But I think his...
Tags: United Negro College Fund, Los Angeles Police Department, CicLAvia, Antonio Villaraigosa, Elections
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