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Inauguration 2013: Let's move the ceremony to L.A. next time
They had a nice little Inauguration Day on Monday in Washington. A bit nippy -- mid-20s to mid-40s -- but no Arctic blast of cold air or snow. That really nasty stuff is expected Tuesday. And that’s why it’s time to move this whole...
Tags: Tom Selleck, Eva Longoria, Ceremonies, Tina Fey, Super Bowl
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A stroll through history at Virginia's Berkeley Plantation
A place of beginnings and endings, Berkeley Plantation, about halfway between Richmond and Williamsburg, Va., is part of your life. Each time you celebrate Thanksgiving, there's an echo of the first Thanksgiving held here in 1619 (pre-Pilgrim, Berkeley...
Tags: Benjamin Harrison, Holidays, Charles City (Charles City, Virginia), Thanksgiving
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Karl Rove spends $10 million on a smart, mendacious attack ad
There’s a reason George W. Bush called Karl Rove “Boy Genius.” When it comes to attack ads, no one is smarter. Bush also had another nickname for his chief political guru, “Turd Blossom.” Given the high level of B.S. in...
Tags: Politics, John Adams, Karl Rove, Bain Capital, LLC, Democratic Party
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PASSINGS: Murray Rose, Tippy Dye, Garry Walberg
Murray Rose Swimmer won Olympic gold medals Murray Rose, 73, a four-time Olympic gold medal swimmer from Australia who also competed at USC while studying acting in the late '50s, died Sunday in Sydney of leukemia, Swimming Australia said. Rose...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Groucho Marx, Basketball, World War II (1939-1945), Washington Huskies
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Past presidents -- an inaugural quiz
Today, Barack Obama will be sworn in as the nation's 44th president in a ceremony filled with tradition. Test your knowledge of ceremonies past. 1. Of whose inaugural speech did wordsmith H.L. Mencken say: "It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it...Tags: Richard Nixon, Benjamin Harrison, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, H.L. Mencken
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Presidents -- the good and the bad
We tend to lionize or demonize our presidents. It would be tough to find many Abraham Lincoln detractors -- or, for that matter, many Warren G. Harding fans. But even our greatest heroes occasionally failed, and the worst presidents could boast of some...Tags: Politics, Richard Nixon, Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wilson, Colleges and Universities
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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: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Benjamin Harrison, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter
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Hail to the chiefs, as played by . . .
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAmericans usually celebrate the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy on President's Day. But rarely are the less stellar commanders in chief ever mentioned, such as William Henry Harrison -- who caught a...Tags: Politics, Richard Nixon, Woodrow Wilson, George W. Bush, Charlton Heston
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Paying homage to a land of presidents
Special to The TimesI had no intention of lingering in Ohio last August when I drove through heading west from Philadelphia. My itinerary for the Buckeye State included pumping gas, grabbing burgers and finding restrooms. But a sign on Interstate 80 near Fremont sparked my...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Kerry Wood, Benjamin Harrison, Colleges and Universities
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