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Obama's Euro-odyssey: 'Relationships'
The Swampby Mark Silva In a weeklong journey across Europe, his first since election, President Barack Obama will not only seek a global commitment to economic stimulus -- rumored at $2 trillion in the European press -- but also work on......Tags: NATO, Services and Shopping, Manmohan Singh, Travel, Government
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Obama: Global action required
The Swampby Mark Silva The author, as the Op-Ed notes in the credit line, is the president of the United States. "We are living through a time of global economic challenges that cannot be met by half measures or the isolated......Tags: George W. Bush, Government, Business Institutions, Homes, National Government
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G-20: $1 trillion and 'a new world order'
The SwampBy Christi Parsons and Mark Silva LONDON - The world's economic powers are offering $1 trillion in aid for struggling economies, with official communiqu??s and promises of "a new world order'' starting to roll out of the G-20 summit today:......Tags: G20, Globalization, Government, United States, Economy, Business and Finance
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Obama's 'good job' of representing U.S.
The Swampby Mark Silva Expectations for President Barack Obama's premier European tour are riding fairly high - back home in the U.S. of A. As Obama flies for London today, an overwhelming majority of Americans surveyed say they expect the president......Tags: G20, European Union, Opinion Research Corporation, NATO, Government
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Titanic's last survivor: Milvina Dean, 97
The Swampby Mary Rourke Millvina Dean, the last survivor of the Titanic, the ocean-liner that sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean, died today. She was 97. She died at......Tags: Oceans, Maritime Accidents, Missouri, Travel, Movies
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Obama's healthcare lacks votes: Senator
The Swampby Mark Silva Storm warnings on the healthcare reform front: Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California said today that President Barack Obama may lack the votes in the Senate necessary to push the healthcare reform he wants this summer. "Well to......Tags: John McCain, France, Disasters and Accidents, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Disasters
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Harry Potter set: Michelle Obama, take 1
The Swampby Mark Silva First Lady Michelle Obama, or British Prime Minister Gordon Brown? Queen Elizabeth, or Harry Potter? For Rupert Grint, one of the fellows who plays in the popular Harry Potter films, there really isn't any question of......Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Michael Jackson, Government, Movies, Rupert Grint
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Obama on racial matters: 'Door still open'
The SwampPresident Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan and travelling through Ghana today, was asked what Africa means to him - "Is it half of you?'' "Well, no, I don't think it would be fair to say it was half,''......Tags: U.S. Presidential Election (2008), Government, Weather, Defense, Slavery
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Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee, and all that
The first Queen Elizabeth was standing under an English oak tree when she learned that she had become queen. The second Elizabeth was high up in a mgumu tree in Kenya when she became queen, at the moment her father, King George VI, died in his sleep more...Tags: Heads of State, Government, Elizabeth II, England, National Government
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Deng should skip Olympics
To know Luol Deng is to respect him. Forget the Bulls. In Deng's eight NBA seasons in Chicago, no professional athlete has represented the city or himself with any more class than the Sudanese refugee whose rare sense of social responsibility stems...
Tags: England, David Beckham, Houston Rockets, Soccer, Philadelphia 76ers
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Nick Lowe interview: Pop music for grown-ups
As a singer, songwriter and producer, Nick Lowe was one of the key figures in the rise of the pub-rock, punk and new-wave scenes in the U.K. during the ‘70s. With a hard-edged blend of rock ‘n’ roll, soul and country, he led Brinsley...Tags: Movies, Elvis Costello, Wilco (music group), Country and Western (genre), Entertainment
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'Iron Lady': Meryl Streep's exacting performance buoys an offbeat biopic -- 3 stars
![Some movies arrive pre-stamped with a consensus opinion. With "The Iron Lady" the consensus so far is this: Meryl Streep excels as Margaret Thatcher. And the movie itself does not work.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-01/67309103-11142605.jpg "Some movies arrive pre-stamped with a consensus opinion. With "The Iron Lady\" the consensus so far is this: Meryl Streep excels as Margaret Thatcher. And the movie itself does not work.")
Some movies arrive pre-stamped with a consensus opinion. With "The Iron Lady" the consensus so far is this: Meryl Streep excels as Margaret Thatcher. And the movie itself does not work.
Well, you know, she is good. After all the lousy, technically...Tags: Movies, Jim Broadbent, Ronald Reagan, Meryl Streep, George W. Bush
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