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Presidential candidates find new ways to sell message through music
The musical battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney heated up recently as Stevie Wonder released a funky new pro-Obama song called “Keep Moving Forward,” while Meat Loaf celebrated his support of Romney by belting a goofy “America...Tags: Music Industry, John Tyler, Political Candidates, Mitt Romney, Gainesville
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Ruritan Scholarship winners announced
The Maugansville Ruritan Club announced its scholarship winners from local high schools. Each winner attended a dinner at the club with their parents on April 17 and were presented $1,000 scholarships from Tom Ingram, scholarship chairman. Allison...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Science and Technology, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Lifestyle and Leisure
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John Shirreffs' move east is sad sign for Southern California racing
John Shirreffs should not depart the Southern California thoroughbred racing scene without a salute. So cup your right hand to your forehead and read on. There will be no brass bands playing when Shirreffs leaves. That's partly because it will be...Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Kentucky Derby, Breeders' Cup
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The decline of terrorism
Our era is known as the Age of Terror, and no wonder. Twelve years ago, the United States suffered its worst terrorist attack ever, and since then, we have lived under the shadow of atrocities designed to frighten as well as kill. The bombs that went...
Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Explosions, U.S. Department of Defense, Al-Qaeda, Timothy McVeigh
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Being uncomfortable not a bad idea
Back in the Very Long Ago Ages, when I was a college student, I actually got involved in a few demonstrations. And I like to think they were for good causes. And not just to meet girls. The best demonstrations I got involved with were the anti-war...Tags: Students, Government, Science and Technology, Teaching and Learning, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Tommie Smith: An Olympic journey of prejudice, then perseverance
The boos and the catcalls echoed as Tommie Smith and John Carlos walked off the medal stand in the summer of 1968, track shoes in their hands to symbolize the poverty of their youth. The noise reached a crescendo as they stepped into a tunnel labeled...Tags: Mexico, Mexico City, Justin Gatlin, International Olympic Committee, Arthur Ashe
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Jury duty and the inconvenience of being a citizen
Nothing, besides the approach of a snowstorm or a rush-hour fender-bender on the Beltway, elicits more groans from Baltimoreans than the summons to jury duty, and I'm not sure why, except that we like to bellyache about stuff. When you think about it,...
Tags: University of the District of Columbia, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Wars and Interventions, Justice System
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Frozen pizza purchase pays off in a big way
South Bend TribuneMark Howie, of South Bend, recently had to make a decision about what to do for dinner. His wife, Molly, had a nephew’s ballgame to attend. He had to fly solo through cuisine-land. So he went to CVS, 51467 U.S. 31 North, to pick up a frozen pizza...Tags: Sage, University of Maryland, College Park, Science and Technology, Medical Specialization, CVS Corp.
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Who's to blame for our politics? Don't ask
There is a classic "Doonesbury" cartoon, published soon after the Vietnam War ended, in which the antiwar activist Mark Slackmeyer is arguing with his pro-war father. They go back and forth, each blaming the other's politics for everything that's wrong in...Tags: Gun Control, Bashar Assad, Government, Iran, National Rifle Association of America
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Hagel suggests thinning the top ranks
WASHINGTON -- Chuck Hagel was taking questions at Fort McNair on Wednesday after his first major speech as defense secretary when a man rose to ask about his recent comments on North Korea. "I was misquoted again," Hagel blurted out, without saying what...
Tags: Chuck Hagel, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Iran's Nuclear Program, Hamid Karzai
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Movie secrets are there, in the script!
You know what "Star Wars" is about? I mean, really about? Vietnam. It's a critical allegory of the war: The Rebels are the scrappy Viet Cong, hastily assembled, devoted and relentless; the Empire is the American military, tripped up by an enemy using...
Tags: Philosophy, Michael Bay, Star Wars (movie), Jaws (movie), Media Industry
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A Dyngus Day for the history books
Forty-five years ago, Bobby Kennedy came to South Bend for the wildest of all Dyngus Days. Kennedy would have been president if he had lived long enough. I was far from sure on that Dyngus Day, as Kennedy campaigned here in a "must win" 1968 Democratic...
Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Executive Branch, Elections, Government, Richard Nixon
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