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Day trips in Virginia
Chicago Tribune Staff WriterVirginia is loaded with history, and there is no shortage of day trips from Washington. Here are two suggestions: Mt. Vernon George Washington's home is so vast and fascinating that it's worth spending four to six hours here. The first highlight is...Tags: Transportation, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Slavery, Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Road Transportation
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New life for an old gem in Boyle Heights
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOn Cinco de Mayo in 1945, thousands of people gathered to dedicate the Casa del Mexicano, a community center that served as a sentinel of Mexican culture in Los Angeles. In the 1950s, after the center moved west to Boyle Heights, stars from as far away...Tags: Television, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Ricardo Montalban, Culture
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Great expectations -- by Americans and by Obama
Barack Obama has been criticized for being too cool, too aloof, even too serene. But the President Obama who delivered the inaugural address on Tuesday was anything but aloof. He was passionate and pleading, somber and demanding. And he did something...Tags: Thomas Paine, George W. Bush, Political Systems, United States, Abraham Lincoln
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Colbert tells grads: Please don't change the world
Stephen Colbert, the host of his own Comedy Central show, Emmy winner, faux presidential candidate and best-selling author, added to that esteemed collection an award from Princeton University: "The Great Princeton Class of 2008 Understandable Vanity...Tags: Stephen Colbert, Education, Entertainment, Colleges and Universities, Comedy Central (tv network)
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All the presidents' dogs
JAKE TAPPER is senior political correspondent for ABC News.AS A BIT OF COLOR in a recent profile, the Boston Globe revealed that in 1983, current GOP presidential aspirant Mitt Romney hoisted a kennel containing the beloved family dog Seamus atop the roof of the family Chevrolet station wagon for a 12-hour summer...Tags: ABC (tv network), Calvin Coolidge, Rudy Giuliani, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton
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Paul Giamatti is so imperfect for the role
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSHORTLY before he had to transform himself into John Adams, Paul Giamatti was portraying Santa in "Fred Claus." And as TV viewers were getting set to see him in powdered wigs while becoming our second president, he was already on to his latest role, in...Tags: Television, Mass Media, Chicago Tribune, Hungary, John Adams
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'The Gamble' by Thomas E. Ricks
"In 2005 the United States came close to losing the war in Iraq."
So writes Thomas E. Ricks, the Washington Post's senior military correspondent, in his gripping and brilliantly reported new book, "The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Religious Conflicts, David Petraeus, Iraq War (2003-2011), Wars and Interventions
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Abolish the vice presidency
Sarah Palin is the product of a design flaw -- the unintended consequence of the founders' decision to create the vice presidency. For two centuries, presidential nominees have used the office to balance the ticket by naming a running mate from a...Tags: Aaron Burr, Voting, William McKinley, Abraham Lincoln, Colleges and Universities
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George McGovern urges pullout from Iraq this year
President Obama holds my admiration with high hopes for his message of change in Washington. It is puzzling, however, that he has adopted most of the previous administration's formula for dragging out the withdrawal of our troops from the mistaken war...Tags: Polls, State Budgets, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Barack Obama
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Presidents Day past
Presidents Day, which honors George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, is a tricky affair. Originally meant to honor Washington around his birthday, it's now a presidential twofer. Since Congress moved the holiday to the third Monday of the month, this...Tags: Auto Trends, Abraham Lincoln, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Democratic Party, Defense
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Game on! Chinese, Americans in 'pingpong diplomacy' rematch
George Braithwaite crouched behind the pingpong table, then uncoiled and smashed the ball at Liang Geliang, who sent back a forehand laced with heavy spin. Game on! Thirty-seven years after the two men participated in a week of table tennis exhibition...Tags: William McKinley, Table Tennis, Richard Nixon, China Earthquake (2010), Sports
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A 'Kitchen Cabinet' of one
JAMES MACGREGOR BURNS and SUSAN DUNN teach at Williams College. Burns is author of "Leadership." They are coauthors of "The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America" and "George Washington."EVEN MANY Republicans today recognize Franklin D. Roosevelt as the greatest president of the last century. The anti-Franklin Roosevelt, however, is George W. Bush. From his regressive tax codes and plan to privatize Social Security to his Supreme Court...Tags: Henry Wallace, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, William McKinley
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