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    Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 'Star Wars' today: What would Reagan do?

    President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would develop and deploy a system capable of intercepting and destroying strategic ballistic missiles. Like President Kennedy's pledge to send a man to the moon, Reagan's vision was meant to stretch minds to new realities that most found inconceivable.
    President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would develop and deploy a system capable of intercepting and destroying strategic ballistic missiles. Like President...

    Tags: North Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Weaponry, Henry Kissinger

    2. Mar 15, 2013 |Story| RedEye

  2. Young woman helps bring chess to new Chicago audiences

    Checkmate, Chicago.
    For RedEye
    Checkmate, Chicago. Thanks in part to the daughter of Russian immigrants, bar theme nights and the rise of nerd culture, chess is shedding its image as a game for old men in the park or geeky social outcasts. "I think already with this generation, we'...

    Tags: Immigration, Chess Playing, Social Issues, Rogers Park, Game Playing

    3. Feb 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Van Cliburn dies at 78; pianist who gave U.S. a Cold War victory

    After a tense decade of air raid sirens, duck-and-cover drills and fears of Soviet superiority, hope for America came in an unlikely form in the late 1950s: a lanky, 23-year-old Texan with a head full of curls and huge hands that ranged across a piano keyboard with virtuosic power.
    After a tense decade of air raid sirens, duck-and-cover drills and fears of Soviet superiority, hope for America came in an unlikely form in the late 1950s: a lanky, 23-year-old Texan with a head full of curls and huge hands that ranged across a piano...

    Tags: Judges, New York City, Awards and Prizes, Music Industry, Justice System

    4. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Van Cliburn, pianist 'who conquered Russia,' dies at 78

    Van Cliburn, a little-known pianist who in 1958 dazzled the music world by winning an international piano competition in Moscow,  died Wednesday of bone cancer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, said his publicist, Mary Lou Falcone.
    Van Cliburn, a little-known pianist who in 1958 dazzled the music world by winning an international piano competition in Moscow,  died Wednesday of bone cancer at his home in Fort Worth, Texas, said his publicist, Mary Lou Falcone. A child prodigy,...

    Tags: Entertainment, Obituaries, New York City, Music, Awards and Prizes

    5. Feb 27, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Van Cliburn was a Cold War cultural ambassador

    Van Cliburn, the lanky Texan pianist who died Wednesday at 78, was an unofficial cultural ambassador for the United States during much of the Cold War. His win at the 1958 International Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow made him a beloved musical figure...

    Tags: Entertainment, Obituaries, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Music, Ronald Reagan

    6. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Nagorno-Karabakh: Old conflict is neither gone nor forgotten

    Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-fire.
    Sporadic sniper fire over sandbagged trenches that separate Armenians and Azerbaijanis across the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has been a routine feature of daily life throughout the 19 years that the two sides have grudgingly observed a cease-...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Azerbaijan, Europe, Armenia, Caucasus

    7. Nov 6, 2012 |Column| Baltimore Sun

  7. Gorbachev, railing against capitalism, sounds a lot like Obama

    Less than a week before the U.S. election, former president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev berated America and all but endorsed the sitting president and fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner at an event I attended in Houston. Speaking last Thursday from a...

    Tags: Elections, Politics, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Vladimir Putin

    8. Dec 5, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  8. Jazz composer, pianist Dave Brubeck dies

    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) &mdash; Jazz composer and pianist <span style=&quot;color: red;">Dave</span>&nbsp;<span style="color: red;">Brubeck</span>, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91.
    HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91. Brubeck died Wednesday morning of heart failure after...

    Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, PBS (tv network), World War II (1939-1945), Ken Burns, Dave Brubeck

    9. Nov 11, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  9. Annual wreath-laying ceremony focuses on the 'forgotten war'

    Speaking about the war often referred to as the &ldquo;forgotten war,&rdquo; Hagerstown-area resident Les Bishop said the Korean War was one of the most significant events of the previous century and deeply affected the communist movement.
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    Speaking about the war often referred to as the “forgotten war,” Hagerstown-area resident Les Bishop said the Korean War was one of the most significant events of the previous century and deeply affected the communist movement. Bishop was the...

    Tags: American Legion, Central Intelligence Agency, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, National Security Agency

    10. Oct 19, 2012 |Story| Daily Pilot

  10. The Crowd: A Russian night for Beckstrand Cancer Foundation

    She did it again. <strong>Lil Spitzer</strong>, executive director of the Beckstrand Cancer Foundation, produced what many called &quot;the party of the year" Oct. 13 in the Hangar at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.
    She did it again. Lil Spitzer, executive director of the Beckstrand Cancer Foundation, produced what many called "the party of the year" Oct. 13 in the Hangar at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. Spitzer joined forces with community...

    Tags: Television, Rod Stewart, Cancer, Farrah Fawcett, The Bold and the Beautiful (tv program)

    11. Sep 3, 2012 |Column| WXIN-LTV

  11. Founder of Unification Church Rev. Sun Myung Moon dies

    The Rev. Sun Myung Moon -- a controversial religious and political figure who founded the Unification Church, a major institution in East Asia and beyond that gained fame decades ago for its mass weddings -- died early Monday in South Korea, the church said.
    The Rev. Sun Myung Moon -- a controversial religious and political figure who founded the Unification Church, a major institution in East Asia and beyond that gained fame decades ago for its mass weddings -- died early Monday in South Korea, the church...

    Tags: U.S. Department of State, North Korea, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, World War II (1939-1945)

    12. Aug 8, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Ukraine makes Russian an official language, rekindling protests

    World Now
    Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich signed a bill into law Wednesday that makes Russian an official language in some parts of the former Soviet republic. The bow to the country's large Russian minority has outraged Ukrainian nationalists and the...
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