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State of the Union addresses: So many words for so little action; Tonight, Barack Obama tries again
Top of the TicketObama aides claim he'll not provide the traditional laundry lists of goals but a broader overview.... -
Gifts with a Presidents Day twist: American All-Star
All The RageThere’s one style move in the world that never fails to set an American apart: clunky, often glaringly white, sneakers. Like it or not, they’re an inherent part of our culture’s laid-back lifestyle and our commander-in-chief’s... -
Book review: 'Going Home to Glory' by David Eisenhower with Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Special to the Los Angeles TimesGoing Home to Glory A Memoir of Life With Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969 David Eisenhower with Julie Nixon Eisenhower Simon and Schuster: 324 pp., $28 David Eisenhower's touching memoir of his grandfather's final years raises an uncomfortable issue...Tags: Government, Politics, White House, Chicago Tribune, National Government
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Book review: 'Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia' by Michael Korda
Los Angeles TimesThere's more than salesmanship at play in Michael Korda's selection of his engrossing new book's title, "Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia." Korda, now 77, is one of the most successful editors of his generation and a bit of a legend...Tags: Documentary (genre), Ulysses S. Grant, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Biography (genre), David Lean
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A Labor Day speech from many years ago by a non-president named Dwight Eisenhower
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Literary auction at Bonhams & Butterfields today
Jacket CopyMonday's auction of fine books, manuscripts and historical photographs at Bonhams & Butterfields begins at 10 a.m. PDT. Among the signature pieces are a world atlas, dating from the late 1500s, with vivid color maps, detailed drawings of the locals...... -
Nixon Accuses Kennedy of Using Notes During Debate
The Daily MirrorOct. 14, 1960: Vice President Richard Nixon accuses Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) of breaking their agreement by using notes during their televised debate. Press secretary Pierre Salinger said the only item Kennedy had was the text of President... -
Sports Legend Revealed: Did the annual Army-Navy Game draw two U.S. Presidents into the planning of the game and the future of football itself?
The Fabulous ForumFOOTBALL LEGEND: The annual Army-Navy Game drew two separate U.S. Presidents directly into the planning of the game and, ultimately, the future of football itself. STATUS: True. As you spend today voting for your state's various elected officials, let us.... -
Delay for Caryl Chessman
The Daily MirrorOct. 22, 1959: President Eisenhower transfers German rocket scientists led by Wernher von Braun from Army jurisdiction to NASA. Luau anyone? The Dodgers submitted a map for their Chavez Ravine ballpark and some of the features were downright headline... -
Book review: 'Making Our Democracy Work' by Stephen Breyer
Los Angeles TimesThe United States Supreme Court likes its mystery: Cases are argued in public, briefs are available for all to read, but its real work is carried out in conferences attended by the nine justices alone. So private are those deliberations that in the rare...Tags: Government, Politics, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Felix Frankfurter, Antonin Scalia
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PASSINGS: Pamela Blake, Ben Ali
Pamela Blake Actress in action serials Pamela Blake, 94, a B-movie actress known for her roles in such late 1940s action serials as "Chick Carter, Detective" and "Ghost of Zorro," died of natural causes Tuesday at a Las Vegas care facility, her family...Tags: Alan Ladd, Restaurants, Martin Luther King Jr., Colleges and Universities, MGM Inc.
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Jefferson Thomas dies at 67; one of the Little Rock Nine who integrated Central High School
Jefferson Thomas, one of nine students who in 1957 integrated a Little Rock, Ark., high school, a turning point for the civil rights movement, has died. He was 67.
Thomas, who lived much of his adult life in Los Angeles, died Sunday of pancreatic...Tags: Congressional Gold Medal Honorees, Politics, Colleges and Universities, Diseases and Illnesses, Armed Forces
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