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Gevork Vartanian dies at 87; Soviet spy helped derail plot to kill Allied leaders
Gevork Vartanian, a former Soviet intelligence agent who helped derail a Nazi plot to assassinate allied leaders at a 1943 conference in Tehran, has died. He was 87.
Vartanian died Tuesday of an unspecified illness, according to Russia's Foreign...Tags: Tehran (Iran), Folklore and Mythology, Arts and Culture, Politics, Russia
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Otto von Habsburg dies at 98; son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor
Otto von Habsburg, the oldest son of Austria-Hungary's last emperor who saw the end of his family's centuries-long rule and emerged to become a champion of a Europe united by democracy, died Monday in his sleep at his home in Poecking, Germany, where he...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), European Parliament, Parliament, U.S. Military, Winston Churchill
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Norman Corwin dies at 101; radio's 'poet laureate'
Norman Corwin, the legendary writer, director and producer of original radio plays for CBS during the golden age of radio in the 1930s and '40s when he was revered as the "poet of the airwaves," has died. He was 101.
Corwin, a journalist, playwright,...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Drama (genre), Edward G. Robinson, Santa Claus (fictional character), Nazi Party
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PASSINGS: Dave Gavitt, Wilma Lee Cooper, James Speed, James N. Rosenau, Yuli Ofer, Kurt Ziebart
Dave Gavitt
Coach led organization
of Big East Conference
Dave Gavitt, 73, one of basketball's most influential leaders in the last three decades, died Friday in a hospital near his hometown of Rumford, R.I., after a long illness, his family said....Tags: Music Industry, George Washington, Liver Cancer, Economic Sanctions, National Basketball Association
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Polls find a generation gap in politics that may help the GOP
The U.S. heads into the 2012 presidential contest with a large generation gap in its politics — a rarity in American elections and one that, at least for now, has boosted prospects for a Republican victory, new survey data show.
But Republicans...Tags: Barack Obama, World War II (1939-1945), Demographics, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Abortion Issue
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Goldberg: Obama is out of options
After Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency changed. As he put it in 1943, "Dr. New Deal" had to be replaced by "Dr. Win the War." It was a colossal policy switch, but it wasn't an extreme makeover politically. He was still the same...Tags: Barack Obama, World War II (1939-1945), Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Ronald Reagan, Democratic Party
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Obama's biggest challenge: Jobs
The central question facing Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign is this: Can the president persuade voters to let him keep his job when so many of them have lost theirs?
Last week, after another run of bad economic news, the president and his staff...Tags: Barack Obama, Unemployment Benefits, Chicago Jobs, Career and Workplace, Democratic Party
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After three years, VP role suits Biden
Washington BureauHe squared up against a 250-pound, barely-clothed Mongol wrestler, accepted as a gift a handsome brown horse that he named Celtic, and marveled at the logic-defying contortions of a physical performer balancing herself by her teeth. Mongolia, the...Tags: Barack Obama, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Business, Joe Biden, Economy, Business and Finance
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Goldberg: Seduced by the cult of experts
When asked what posed the greatest challenge to statesmen, Harold Macmillan, the former British prime minister, responded, "Events, my dear boy, events."
That's because events tend to throw everybody off their plan. For example, Hurricane Irene ended...Tags: Cults and Sects, Barack Obama, Disasters, Disasters and Accidents, Woodrow Wilson
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Patt Morrison Asks: Memorial man Peter Walker
Berkeley landscape architect Peter Walker has designed bigger projects than the 9/11 memorial in New York, but probably none has carried more weight. The opening of the eight-acre plaza Sunday marks 10 years since the terrorist attacks, and almost as many...Tags: Career and Workplace, Architecture, Employment, Interior Policy, Labor Legislation
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Patt Morrison Asks: Balloteer Kim Alexander
The first California election that Kim Alexander cast a ballot in was a pip; voters decided 16 state propositions -- on creating a state lottery, capping welfare, limiting campaign contributions -- and gave their former governor, Ronald Reagan, a second...Tags: Career and Workplace, File Sharing, Architecture, Ronald Reagan, Diebold Incorporated
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Occupy Wall Street shifts from protest to policy phase
How do you know when a protest movement is starting to scare the pants off the establishment?
One clue is when the protesters are casually dismissed as hippies or rabble, or their principles redefined as class envy or as (that all-purpose insult) "un-...Tags: Demonstration, Economy, Business and Finance, Herman Cain, Social Movements, Shareholders
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