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Lincoln, giver of economic certainty
Last week, I had a chat with my son about his job prospects after graduation from college next May. He was wondering if there were any careers that might be impervious to the ferocious recession gripping our nation by the very throat. So I gave him the...Tags: Gary, Jimmy Carter, Death, Fiction, Reviews
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In the market for campaign memorabilia
The votes are in, and it's bad news for John McCain. Barack Obama has a big lead in the sale of campaign buttons and other election paraphernalia, outselling McCain 3 to 1 on one memorabilia website.
An Obama victory could make some of those pieces...Tags: Local Elections, History, Auction Service, Lyndon B. Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt
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A presidential quiz
The 42 men who've been president of the United States share many characteristics besides membership in one of the world's most exclusive clubs. That means, looking at them as a group, we can extract an "average president." The data can't predict who'll...Tags: Lawyers, Jimmy Carter, Defense, George H.W. Bush, Lyndon B. Johnson
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When vandals become entrepreneurs
ROB LONG is a contributing editor to Opinion and his weekly commentary, "Martini Shot," airs on KCRW-FM.I LEARNED THREE things after reading the account of the 15-year-old boy who tagged a bus while Los Angeles' mayor was on board. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, along with a busload of other officials, were at the Santee Education Complex in South L.A. to...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Jerry Bruckheimer , Politics, Jim Belushi, Death
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Ditch the dollar greenback
EVERY TIME YOU'RE handed a dollar bill, that sound you hear is our government saying, "You're not smart enough." It's also saying, "I can't believe you're going to touch that and not wash your hands afterward." Seriously, think about who gets tipped...Tags: Politics, Trent Lott, Foreign Exchange Market, National Government, Ben Bernanke
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Oscar Berger's Presidential Caricatures At NBMAA
Oscar Berger was born and raised in Czechoslovakia. He studied art in Paris and Berlin, later starting his career as a political cartoonist in Berlin. But history, and his own nature, made it impossible for Berger to stay in Germany. The Nazis came to...
Tags: James Buchanan, William Henry Harrison, Corporate Officers, Berlin (Germany), Grover Cleveland
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Mark Russell
Mark RussellHow I spent Presidents Day: I began the holiday by meditating on the qualities of our 14th president, Franklin Pierce, which killed about a minute and a half. After lunch, I read up on president number 13, Millard Fillmore, a member of the "Know-...Tags: Politics, Franklin Pierce, George Bush, Elections
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Staff Q&A: Presidential power
"Teddy Roosevelt: Mountain King." Don't believe our 26th president could command a legion of dwarfs? Google his photos from his Harvard days.
Luke Broadwater, reporter, The Baltimore Sun
I would so Netflix "Gettin' Freaky with Bill Clinton and His...Tags: Bill Clinton, Netflix Inc., Malia Obama
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Letter to the Editor - Nov. 24
Few know the woman who saved Thanksgiving To the editor: This week, we celebrate Thanksgiving Day. But how many of us know the story of Sarah Josepha Hale — the woman who saved Thanksgiving? She was born in 1788. Stories she heard from her...Tags: James Buchanan, Wars and Interventions, Zachary Taylor, Holidays, The Pilgrims
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Federal report on stent procedures finds potential fraud
While Dr. Mark Midei was allegedly implanting unnecessary cardiac stents in hundreds of patients at a Towson hospital, stent manufacturer Abbott Laboratories was paying for crab and barbecue feasts at his Monkton home and building a business strategy...Tags: Saudi Arabia, Health Treatments, Science and Technology, Medicaid, Max Baucus
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Everything you wanted to know about presidential inaugurals
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe Inaugural Ceremony Inaugurations are organized by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. All presidents must be sworn in, which involves taking the oath of the office. The oath is listed in Article II of the U.S. Constitution: "I...Tags: Plymouth, Jimmy Carter, George Washington, Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson
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