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Presidential alumni an elite (and small) club
At the dedication Thursday of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, President Barack Obama appeared with all four living ex-presidents — George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. That raised a question: What is the record...Tags: Ulysses S. Grant, Jimmy Carter, Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, George H.W. Bush
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Art Callaham: Some more fun facts about our presidents
Early after the first of this year, I wrote a column concerning interesting facts about our presidents, and I promised to write more. That column and this one — and possibly some future ones — are based on a book by Cormac O’Brien titled...Tags: John Tyler, William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, Parties and Movements
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My favorite moments of 2012
Years ago when I was a student at Northwestern University, a handful of executives at America Online came to my class and explained that you, I and everyone we know would soon find ourselves pleasantly stranded on "information islands." We nodded,...
Tags: Silver Linings Playbook (movie), The Walking Dead (tv program), AIDS, Chicago Reader, 2012 Republican National Convention
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Presidential campaign song quiz
Choose whether each song is on (A) Barack Obama’s campaign Spotify playist, (B) Mitt Romney’s campaign Spotify playlist or (C) Neither. 1. “I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow,” The Soggy Bottom Boys 2. “I Won’t Back Down,&...
Tags: Roy Orbison, The Killers (music group), Jimmy Carter, Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan
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Early Halloween decorations were more artistic than frightening
Halloween decorations today include jack-o-lanterns, black cats, spiders, bats, ghosts, vampires, witches and other spooky, scary things. But in past years, many of these creatures were not threatening. In the early days of Rookwood Pottery, an art...Tags: Ulysses S. Grant, Holidays, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan
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Burb's Eye View: The library books an army of presidents
Any day now, Richard Nixon and Herbert Hoover will arrive at David Peterson's doorstep. At his Burbank home they'll join the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and Thomas Jefferson — most of the presidents, really, in a collection of figurines...Tags: John Tyler, William Henry Harrison, Washington, DC, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan
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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.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/68265957-21133403.jpg ""Teddy Roosevelt: Mountain King.\" Don't believe our 26th president could command a legion of dwarfs? Google his photos from his Harvard days.")
"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: Malia Obama, Netflix Inc., Google Inc., Bill Clinton
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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: Entertainment Events, Thanksgiving, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Franklin Pierce, Holidays
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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: U.S. Senate, Lawyers, Mark G. Midei, Japan, Crime, Law and Justice
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Retracing his trip to Washington -- and back again
Special to the TribuneMaybe it was during the surprise storm in New York City. Or earlier, during the growing light of dawn in Xenia, Ohio. Or on a cold afternoon outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Somewhere along the line, I realized that, in chasing the ghost of...Tags: Orange County Regional History Center, Theater, Abraham Lincoln, Music Theater, John F. Kennedy
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Lincoln's travels
Special to Tribune NewspapersWASHINGTON, D.C. -- Maybe it was during the surprise storm in New York City. Or earlier, during the growing light of dawn in Xenia, Ohio. Or on a cold afternoon outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Somewhere along the line, I realized that, in...Tags: Orange County Regional History Center, Hotels and Accommodations, Theater, Abraham Lincoln, Transportation
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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: Ben Bernanke, Death, Jerry Bruckheimer , Antonio Villaraigosa, Politics
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