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Jack Brooks dies at 89; longtime Democratic Texas congressman
Jack Brooks hounded government bureaucrats, drafted articles of impeachment against President Nixon and was a strong supporter of civil rights in a congressional career that spanned four decades. But the Texas politician was perhaps best known for his...
Tags: Joe Biden, World War II (1939-1945), Richard Nixon, Armed Forces, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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George McGovern dies at 90; liberal standard-bearer against Nixon in '72
George S. McGovern, an icon of American liberalism who campaigned for the White House with moral fervor against President Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War but lost in a thundering landslide, has died. He was 90. McGovern died Sunday morning while...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Gerald Ford, Finance, Richard Nixon
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Arlen Specter dies at 82; longtime senator was a political maverick
WASHINGTON — Arlen Specter, who in 30 years representing Pennsylvania in the Senate offended Republicans and Democrats in almost equal measure with maverick votes and a frank cockiness that finally ended his career in politics, died Sunday at his...
Tags: Democratic Party, U.S. Senate, Entertainment, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Economic Stimulus Plan
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Arthur Ochs Sulzberger dies at 86; former New York Times publisher
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, the fourth publisher of the New York Times, who made history with his decision to publish the Pentagon Papers and revived the "Good Gray Lady" of print journalism with a radical redesign that set a new standard, has died. He was...
Tags: Richard Nixon, Heart Attack, Columbia University, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Periodicals
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Neil Armstrong dies at 82; first person to walk on moon
When Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, on July 20, 1969, he uttered a phrase that has been carved in stone and quoted across the planet: "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." The grainy black-and-white...
Tags: Buzz Aldrin, 2001: A Space Odyssey (movie), Richard Nixon, Aerospace Manufacturing, Cape Canaveral
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Jack Brooks dies at 89; longtime congressman from Texas
HOUSTON -- Jack Brooks, who spent 42 years in Congress representing his Southeast Texas district and was in the Dallas motorcade in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, has died. He was 89. Brooks died Tuesday night at Baptist Hospital...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, World War II (1939-1945), Richard Nixon, Abortion Issue
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Marvin Miller dies at 95; baseball union chief led push for free agency
Nothing about Marvin Miller seemed feisty or controversial at first glance; the soft-spoken economist was a smallish man with gray hair and a tidy mustache. But as a union leader, it was Miller who took on baseball's establishment in the late 1960s,...
Tags: New York Yankees, Arbitration, United Steelworkers, Studs Terkel, Donald Fehr
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Boston's JFK museum readies for 50th anniversary of assassination
BOSTON — Major, sudden and tragic events create indelible images, mental snapshots that enable people, decades later, to recall where they were when they heard the news: the Sept. 11 attacks; the deaths of John Lennon and Diana, Princess of Wales;...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Arts and Culture, Museums, Satellite Technology, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Darrell Royal dies at 88; noted University of Texas football coach
Darrell Royal, the legendary Texas coach who led the Longhorns to three national college football titles and 11 Southwest Conference titles in a 20-year tenure that ended in 1976, died Wednesday in Austin after a battle with Alzheimer's disease, the...
Tags: Alzheimer's Disease, World War II (1939-1945), Richard Nixon, Football, Sports
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Boston travel info
THE BEST WAY TO BOSTON From LAX, American, JetBlue, Virgin America and United offer nonstop flights to Boston, and Southwest, Delta, US Aireways, United, AirTran and Jet Blue offer connecting flights (change of plane). Restricted round-trip fares begin...Tags: Virgin Group, Ltd., Tourism and Leisure Industry, Los Angeles International Airport, JetBlue Airways, New Year's Day
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An exit interview with Rep. David Dreier
David Dreier was 26, still living in a dorm at Claremont McKenna College and working as a college administrator, when he ran for Congress the first time, in 1978. He lost then but never thereafter. Sixteen times, Dreier was elected to the House of...
Tags: Democratic Party, Entertainment, Martin Luther King Jr., Richard Lugar, Charles de Gaulle
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Barry Commoner dies at 95; pillar of environmental movement
Barry Commoner, a scientist-activist whose ability to identify and explain complex ecological crises and advocate radical solutions made him a pillar of the environmental movement, died of natural causes Sunday in New York City. He was 95. His death...
Tags: Science, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems, World War II (1939-1945), Environmental Pollution
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