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Young people fascinated with history
History is for old fogeys, right? Well, then, what are all these young people doing volunteering at the Washington County Historical Society? And, why are high and middle school students engaged with in-depth historical research projects? Interns and...Tags: Vaccines, Battle of Antietam, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Preventative Medicine
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Merkel says has no secrets about her communist past
ReutersBy Alexandra Hudson BERLIN, May 13 (Reuters) - Angela Merkel has dismissed claims in a new book that she was more actively committed to East Germany's communist regime than she has acknowledged, saying she has never kept anything secret about her past....Tags: Germany, Research, Angela Merkel, Berlin (Germany), Science and Technology
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The changing of the guard
Daily American Staff WriterANNVILLE — American involvement in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts could be drawing to a close, but the National Guard may never be the same. In the 10 years since the initial siege of Baghdad, the role of guardsmen and women has shifted...Tags: Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense, September 11, 2001 Attacks, U.S. Military, Ethics
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Obama, at Ohio State, calls on graduates to be active citizens
WASHINGTON — Speaking to the graduating class of Ohio State University in Columbus on Sunday, President Obama called on the students to embrace the school’s motto, “education for citizenship,” and to press the government to act....Tags: Human Interest, Barack Obama, Ethics, Washington, DC, Morehouse College
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A sensible caution, poorly stated
WASHINGTON -- People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign punishment for...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Barack Obama, International Law, Ronald Reagan, Washington, DC
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Column: President's caution sensible, but poorly stated
WASHINGTON — People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and President Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, International Law, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan, Washington, DC
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Slain diplomat from River Forest was a girl with an adventurous mind
Before she was a young U.S. foreign service officer stationed in Afghanistan, before she and others were blown up by a bomb, before she was eulogized at Fenwick High School on Tuesday, Anne Smedinghoff was a girl. The temptation now is to see her only...
Tags: John Kerry, Teachers, Al-Qaeda, Explosions, Johns Hopkins University
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The privilege to be weird, and the right to be normal
Last week, while driving to work, I heard an NPR story that included snippets of an interview with a woman who had just applied for a marriage license. This would not have been newsworthy if not for the fact that she was gay. On Nov. 6, voters in...
Tags: NPR, Germany, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Berlin (Germany)
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Smith: Rohrabacher is just being true to beliefs
In my life, I have watched a man walk on the moon, seen the fall of the Berlin Wall, and observed America twice elect a black man to the presidency. In Hawaii in 1999, I saw a chicken cross the road, and several years ago on Highway 152 in Northern...Tags: Washington, DC, Heart Surgery, Dana Rohrabacher, Loudon Wainwright III
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Fewer nukes make financial, strategic sense
The recent editorial on arms control ("Avoiding Armageddon," Feb. 18) was exactly on point. More than two decades have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and U.S. national security strategy has changed drastically. Yet many in Congress still...Tags: Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Congress, Wars and Interventions
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If Armstrong loses Olympic medal, why not East Germans?
The International Olympic Committee has a tendency to make up rules that suit its purposes. To wit: the attempt to impose a 2012 Olympic Games ban on any athlete who received a two-year doping suspension, even if that suspension expired before the...
Tags: Cycling Trial, Awards and Prizes, International Cycling Union, Lance Armstrong, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency
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The Scorpions are on farewell tour, but refuse to quit at Philly's Mann Center
Lehigh Valley MusicThe Scorpions may hold the answer to why Germany stands atop the crumbling European Union, still going strong: They refuse to quit. The Scorpions singer Klaus Meine, left, and guitarist Matthias Jabs at Philadelphia's Mann Center on Wednesday Brian...
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