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Gatsby, Galbraith and the myth of Coolidge's crash
What's next after the Oscars? More Gatsby, of course. "The Great Gatsby," featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and coming in May, will be the fourth, or by some counts the fifth or sixth, movie version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel about the illusion created by...Tags: Entertainment Events, Superman (fictional character), Money and Monetary Policy, Productivity, Academy Awards
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Colonial Players 'Trying,' and succeeding, in study of history and relationships
Colonial Players offers a gem in historical and dramatic substance in its current production of Joanna McClelland Glass' "Trying," continuing through March 2 in Annapolis. This two-person "memory play" is set in 1967 and finds Judge Francis Biddle, 81,...
Tags: Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Annapolis, Justice System, Alzheimer's Disease, Labor Legislation
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Depression-era artwork returning to public display
For 38 years, a 6-foot-by-20-foot mural sat rolled up in a local history teacher's home, an all-but-forgotten remnant of a Depression-era effort to bring art directly to the people. But a four-year community fundraising campaign and a yearlong...
Tags: Washington, DC, Mail Order Industry, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Lakeview (Chicago, Illinois), Arts
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New Deal-era mural restored for Park Ridge Library
After being saved from an attic where it was stored for 38 years and a four-year fundraising effort to pay for restoration, a Depression-era mural was unveiled Saturday in its new home at the Park Ridge Public Library. Calling it the second of Park...
Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Libraries, Arts, Renovation, Arts and Culture
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The relationship of agriculture and human behavior
The development of agriculture has had profound effects on human behavior. The previous two Farm and Ranch Life columns indicated how agriculture greatly enhanced the survival of humans over preceding hunter-gatherer ancestors. As agricultural methods...Tags: Weather, Agriculture, Social Sciences, Conservation, Culture
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International service helps us all
The following commentary was written by Terry Newton, president of Rotary Club of Petoskey. Recently we have seen a new TV ad asking the question where you will be when you see the news that cancer has been cured. This...Tags: Polio, Mercy Ships, Rotary International, Charity, Pakistan
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Dennis Reed to discuss 'Japanese American Photography' book at Glendale Central Library
Back in 1977, Dennis Reed read something that intrigued him: There once had been a vibrant society of Japanese American photographers, including first-rate modernists, but with the advent of World War II and U.S. internment camps, all of their work had...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Museums, The Getty, Arts, Culture
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William J. Rosenthal, lawyer
William J. Rosenthal, a noted expert in labor and employment law who as a naval deck officer during World War II participated in the D-Day invasion, died March 12 of a hemorrhage at Northwest Hospital. He was 92.
"He was a physically imposing person, and...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Employment, Laws, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Bethlehem Steel Corp.
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Our biggest problem is not deficits
"Our biggest problems over the next 10 years are not deficits," President Barack Obama told House Republicans last week, according to those who attended the meeting. The president needs to deliver the same message to the public, loudly and clearly....
Tags: Productivity, White House, Government, Finance, National Government
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George Aratani dies at 95; L.A. philanthropist who funded Japanese American causes
George Aratani, a Los Angeles businessman who donated millions of dollars to Japanese American causes, and with his wife endowed the nation’s first academic chair to study the World War II internment of people of Japanese descent and their efforts...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Pneumonia, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), China, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'Annie' to debut on Waynesboro stage
This weekend, Waynesboro Area Senior High School will present “Annie” as its all-school production. Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the high school. Tickets, which cost $10 each, are available...
Tags: White House, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Letters: Truman and civil rights
Re "Harry Truman, Lincoln's heir," Opinion, Feb. 17 Robert Shogan is correct that President Harry S. Truman did more for the cause of African American rights than his predecessor Franklin D. Roosevelt or his successor Dwight D. Eisenhower. Yet...
Tags: Elections, Adam Clayton, Politics, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson
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