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Allan B. Calhamer dies at 81; inventor of Diplomacy game
The origins of the board game Diplomacy can be traced to an old geography book that Allan B. Calhamer discovered while rummaging around with a friend in the attic of his boyhood home in suburban Chicago. Calhamer was fascinated by the exotic countries...
Tags: Statue of Liberty, U.S. Foreign Service, Science, Monopoly (game), Colleges and Universities
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Obama should free Pollard
President Barack Obama's forthcoming trip to Israel affords him a special opportunity to mend political fences and guarantee a warm popular reception in that country, while at the same time ensuring that justice is served here at home. These are goals...
Tags: Israel, Criminal Laws, Benjamin Netanyahu, Calvin Coolidge, Laws
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Henry Kissinger hospitalized in New York following fall at home
Pop2itFormer Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was hospitalized Tuesday (March 5) in New York after taking a spill at home.... -
Basketball diplomacy
Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman perceived folly isn't as terrible as some media pundits and others alleged. Any endeavor to curtail North Korean bellicosity toward its regional neighbors and others must be seen as positive. But, unequivocally...Tags: Richard Nixon, Dennis Rodman, Barack Obama, China
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Another Watergate gap
The Nixon Presidential Library and Museum opened a new exhibit in Yorba Linda and online Feb. 15, "Patriot, President, Peacemaker." It covers Richard Nixon's entire life, like the permanent installation there, and claims to present "a fuller picture" than...
Tags: Museums, Central Intelligence Agency, White House, U.S. House of Representatives, Libraries
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Dalai Lama to speak at University of Maryland
The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader for Tibetan Buddhists, will speak in May at the University of Maryland as part of the Sadat Lecture for Peace, an annual series that has drawn world leaders such as Madeleine Albright, Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Carter....Tags: Buddhism, Mohamed ElBaradei, Madeleine Albright, Colleges and Universities, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Zhuang Zedong dies at 72; helped get 'pingpong diplomacy' rolling
It might have been a chance meeting or a cunning act of propaganda, but the encounter more than 40 years ago between two pingpong champions — one Chinese, the other American — launched what President Nixon would call "the week that changed the...Tags: White House, Arts and Culture, Tennis, United States Naval Academy, Communist Party of China
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GOP's civil war stumbles on
After Mitt Romney's 2012 election shellacking, a predictable blame-storm erupted between Republican pragmatists who want to win elections and the conservative zealots who love to argue. The big divide is most evident in such events as the Tea Party...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Elections, Tea Party Movement, Karl Rove, State of the Union Address
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Why does Obama keep his cabinet all-stars on the bench?
As his second term begins, President Barack Obama is in his comfort zone, surrounded by loyal lieutenants. What a contrast to the captivating candidate of 2008, who told Time Magazine's Joe Klein that as president he would be surrounded "by people who...Tags: Elections, Shaun Donovan, Denis R. McDonough, National Economic Council, Hillary Clinton
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Christopher Van Hollen Sr., ambassador
Christopher Van Hollen Sr., a retired Foreign Service officer and ambassador to Sri Lanka, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Jan. 30 at the Washington Home and Hospice. The former Baltimore resident was 90. Born in Baltimore and raised in...
Tags: Elections, Foods and Beverages, Washington, DC, Johns Hopkins University, Colleges and Universities
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Chan Lowe: Patte Atkins-Grad hangs on
I’ve lived in South Florida for almost 29 years, and I have to admit I’m not exactly sure where Tamarac is. I would wager a lot of other South Floridians—even Broward County residents—don’t know, either. If you held our...
Tags: Rick Scott, Tamarac, Broward County
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Joe Biden's wife is a 'Dr.,' but she doesn't deliver babies
Is Joe Biden married to a physician? You might have gotten that impression while watching television coverage of the inauguration. “Dr.” Jill Biden’s doctorate is in education, yet word obviously has been sent out from the White House...Tags: The New York Times, Maya Angelou, White House, Personal Weapon Control, Condoleezza Rice
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