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Gore Vidal's 'Inventing a Nation: Washington, Adams, Jefferson'
At the end of "Inventing a Nation," Gore Vidal recalls a conversation with John F. Kennedy at Hyannis in 1961. Kennedy was complaining about the proliferation of second-raters in government: "Then you read all those debates over the Constitution ......Tags: Politics, U.S. Supreme Court, Constitutional Issues, France, Book
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Goldwater Campaign Speech
Thank you very much. Thank you, and good evening. The sponsor has been identified, but unlike most television programs, the performer hasn't been provided with a script. As a matter of fact, I have been permitted to choose my own words and discuss my...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Regional Authority, Health, Social Issues
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June is Caribbean American Heritage Month
Sun-SentinelThe first U.S. Treasury secretary was from Nevis. The founder of Chicago was born in Haiti. Those are just two historical facts that Americans will learn if Congress designates June as National Caribbean American Heritage month. The idea is floating...Tags: Barbara Lee, Florida, History, Colin Powell, Defense
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CARIBBEAN AMERICANS IN U.S. HISTORY
Sun-SentinelBAHAMAS Sidney Poitier, first African-American actor to receive the Academy Award for best actor, born in Miami while parents visited from Bahamas. James Weldon Johnson, Harlem Renaissance poet and author of the Black National Anthem, Lift Every Voice...Tags: Kelsey Grammer, Colin Powell, Minority Groups, Celebrities, Politics
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Los Angeles Times Names Book Prize Winners
LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2005 – The Los Angeles Times presented its annual Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement and honored nine Book Prize winners during its 25th annual Book Prizes ceremony, April 22 at UCLA's Royce Hall. Best-selling mystery...Tags: Joseph Henry, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Karen Armstrong, Terrorism, San Fernando
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Why is the United States Scaring Me?
Although I am an Israeli academic, I have long and deep ties to America. I have spent several years on both coasts of the United States. American publishers have published all of my books and most of my professional papers. Almost all of my non-Israeli...Tags: Democracy, Politics, Civil Unrest, Yasser Arafat, Judaism
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Los Angeles Times Announces Kirsch Award Winner, Book Prize Finalists
LOS ANGELES, March 10, 2005 – Best-selling mystery writer Tony Hillerman, whose writings over the past 35 years are infused with the landscape and culture of the American Southwest, has been named the winner of the 25th annual Los Angeles Times Book...Tags: Joseph Henry, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Health, Karen Armstrong, San Fernando
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Conservative heart, soul make Keyes tick
Tribune staff reportersLike many other Americans, Alan Keyes was deeply affected by U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama's keynote address last month at the Democratic National Convention. Though some felt lifted by a speech extolling the virtues of inclusion, Keyes bristled...Tags: Paul Sarbanes, Career and Workplace, Marriage, White House, Union League Club
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Tracing the roots of democracy in N.Y.
Special to The TimesWhen I planned my first trip to New York City — so long ago that one of the biggest-selling guidebooks was titled "New York on $5 a Day" — I read that this was the only city besides Washington where the president could visit and most residents...Tags: Restaurants, Career and Workplace, Museum of Natural History, Politics, Dwight D. Eisenhower
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N.Y., now in season
Special to The TimesRHINEBECK, N.Y. — There are few places in this country where you can sip beer in a Colonial inn while chatting about the new Frank Gehry building up the road. The Hudson Valley is just such a spot, a region that bridges centuries as well as it...Tags: Restaurants, Bodies of Water, Apples, Health, U.S. Airways
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