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When well-educated politicians cry 'snob'
![With the Republican presidential nomination contest in high gear, Marylanders might be forgiven for smiling. The word "snob" has returned with full force to presidential politics after a four-decade hiatus. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (Penn State University '80, University of Pittsburgh '81, Dickinson School of Law '86), in an old-fashioned beat-down on higher education, recently informed us that President Barack Obama is "a snob" for wanting Americans to go to college, where they would be indoctrinated by "some liberal college professor."](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/68671936-08102322.jpg "With the Republican presidential nomination contest in high gear, Marylanders might be forgiven for smiling. The word "snob\" has returned with full force to presidential politics after a four-decade hiatus. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (Penn State University '80, University of Pittsburgh '81, Dickinson School of Law '86), in an old-fashioned beat-down on higher education, recently informed us that President Barack Obama is \"a snob\" for wanting Americans to go to college, where they would be indoctrinated by \"some liberal college professor.\"")
With the Republican presidential nomination contest in high gear, Marylanders might be forgiven for smiling. The word "snob" has returned with full force to presidential politics after a four-decade hiatus. Former Sen. Rick Santorum (Penn State University...Tags: University of Oklahoma, Richard Hofstadter, Education, Richard Nixon, University of Pittsburgh
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Herman G. "Hank" Tillman Jr., Air Force colonel
![Herman G. "Hank" Tillman Jr., a retired Air Force colonel and pilot who flew in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was one of Maryland's most decorated veterans, died Sunday of liver failure at his Chester home. He was 89.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/68298121-22151154.jpg "Herman G. "Hank\" Tillman Jr., a retired Air Force colonel and pilot who flew in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was one of Maryland's most decorated veterans, died Sunday of liver failure at his Chester home. He was 89.")
Herman G. "Hank" Tillman Jr., a retired Air Force colonel and pilot who flew in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was one of Maryland's most decorated veterans, died Sunday of liver failure at his Chester home. He was 89.
He was born in his immigrant...Tags: Anne Arundel County, U.S. Army, American Legion, Services and Shopping, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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Myrtle M. Watson, eyewitness to Pearl Harbor attack
Myrtle M. Watson, an Army nurse whose indelible memories of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor remained with her for the rest of her life, died Feb. 11 of vascular disease at Oak Crest Village.
The Northeast Baltimore resident was 98.
Early in the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Inner Harbor, Parkville, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Kissimmee
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John W. Dyer, 96
John W. Dyer, 96, of Chicago, and long-time resident of Petoskey/Bay View and Wequetonsing, passed away on Feb. 8, 2012, at his daughter's home in Petoskey, surrounded by his loving family. John was born on July 15, 1915, in New York City, the son of...Tags: Chicago, U.S. Army, Crosswords, Colleges and Universities, Education
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A¿Reader Writes: Disagreeing with editorial on veterans
I want to correct an editorial that appeared in the Imperial Valley Press on Dec. 30 that veterans should be the merchants’ first choice. I agree with the title but there are incorrect statements such as “veterans job programs are working well...Tags: Politics, U.S. Military, Career and Workplace, World War II (1939-1945), Government
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Gordon Hirabayashi dies at 93; opposed internment of Japanese Americans
Gordon Hirabayashi, who was convicted for defying the evacuation and internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast during World War II and, four decades later, not only cleared his name but helped prove that the government had falsified the reasons...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Politics, Social Sciences, Prisons, Crimes
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Roy L. Ash dies at 93; former Litton president, budget director
Roy L. Ash, a co-founder and former president of Litton Industries who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget in the 1970s during the Nixon and Ford administrations, has died. He was 93.
Ash, who had Parkinson's disease, died Dec. 14...Tags: Electronics, Music, Finance, Music, Richard Nixon
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Niles veteran recalls Japan's surprise attack 70 years later
BUCHANAN — Certainly, Earl “Judd’’ Walls knows what transpired 70 years ago at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The problem, he says, is that few others do. “I think most of them have (forgotten),’’ he said Wednesday, in...Tags: American Legion, World War II (1939-1945), Japan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Number Of Pearl Harbor Survivors Dwindling
FOX 17 News Reporter / ProducerDecember 7, 1941. A day that President Roosevelt said, “will live in infamy.” Wednesday, marks the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. More than 2,400 Americans were killed; eight warships were damaged – four of...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Japan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest
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Veterans share memories of service at Potomac Highlands World War II Roundtable event
davem@herald-mail.comLester Hart remembers trying to take a hill in Italy in 1944 during World War II when his U.S. Army unit was hit with a mortar blast that hurled shrapnel into Hart's back and head. "It blew me out of a fox hole," said Hart, noting that he was unconscious...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), U.S. Army, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Italy, Rhine River
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