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Anniversaries
60th KELI AND JIM PANOS of Port Washington, married Sept. 12, 1948, celebrated their anniversary by going on a cruise. They owned and operated Travelscope, a travel service in Manhasset, for more than 30 years. Keli volunteers at the Helen Keller...Tags: New York, Hawaii, People, Schools, Walt Disney World Resort
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A royal role for Crawford
A movie that cuts closer to the soul of U.S. politics than most of us would like to admit, Robert Rossen's 1949 All the King's Men (TCM at 4 p.m.) follows the tempestuous career of Louisiana Gov. Will Stark (Broderick Crawford), who exploits his...Tags: Linda Blair, Arthur Penn, Celebrity, Patty Duke, John Lee
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The character issue: Parents need to take the lead in building their childrens moral fiber
SouthFlorida.com"We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character from those who are around us." – John Locke Have you ever been pleasantly surprised by your child's honesty? Perhaps you have seen your child hold a door open for someone or...Tags: Family, Values, Ethics, Robert Evans
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Szlyk new head of Chicago Lighthouse
Chicago Tribune reporterThe Chicago Lighthouse for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired searched the nation for a new executive director and found one working a block away. Janet Szlyk, who helped found and had led the Low Vision Laboratory at the University of Illinois at...Tags: New York, Los Angeles, DePaul University, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago Botanic Garden
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Kidsday talks with the stars of 'Kit Kittredge'
Kidsday Reporters, Age 11, Brightwaters and Bay ShoreWe interviewed actress Abigail Breslin at the Regency Hotel in Manhattan recently. Abigail starred as Kit in the new movie "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," and we thought she was just great. If you had the choice to play any American Girl, would you...Tags: Theater, Celebrity, Music Theater, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Toys
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"Democracy's Prisoner," by Ernest Freeberg
Chicago Tribune NewspapersIt all sounds so familiar: a foreign war, an unpopular president, high-minded vows to spread democracy abroad and a dubious law to restrict liberties at home. Add to that scenario vast inequalities in wealth, high Immigration rates, scant regard for...Tags: William James, John Reed, National Government, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Police
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'Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent' by Ernest Freeberg
Democracy's Prisoner
Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent
Ernest Freeberg
Harvard University Press: 380 pp., $29.95
It all sounds so familiar: a foreign war, an unpopular president, high-minded vows to spread democracy abroad and...Tags: William James, John Reed, National Government, Police, Lou Gehrig
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Return Of The Thinking Man's Leading Lady: Karen Allen
Special To The CourantIn her retreat from acting, Karen Allen has lived a cozy New England life. She opened a yoga studio and launched a knitwear company while raising her son as a single mom in Great Barrington, Mass. Then in January 2007, she got a phone call from an old...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Harrison Ford, New York, Theater, Bradley International Airport
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Court: Paper Money Discriminates Against The Blind
Close your eyes, reach into your wallet and try to distinguish between a $1 bill and a $5 bill. Impossible? It's also discriminatory, a federal appeals court says.
Since all paper money feels pretty much the same, the government is denying blind people...Tags: Georgia, Justice System, Business, Government, Public Employees
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Paterson will call for bipartisanship in speech
james.madore@newsday.comALBANY - David A. Paterson, after being sworn in as the 55th governor this afternoon, will call for ending partisan wars to achieve a "good budget," and more opportunities for all residents to succeed through hard work - a reference to his own striving to...Tags: New York, David A. Paterson, Justice System, National Government, Minority Groups
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The Seven Wonders... of the Mid-Atlantic
The Washington PostYes, we know: There's no equivalent to the Great Wall of China in Bayonne, N.J., but still. ... Here are seven must-see sights close to home (or, at least within a day's drive). A 20-foot statue of our 16th president. A span that once held the title of...Tags: Brooklyn Bridge, New York, Architecture, National Government, Pennsylvania
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Suzanne Pleshette, sexy star of 'Bob Newhart Show,' dies at 70
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSuzanne Pleshette, the dark-haired, smoky-voiced actress who played Bob Newhart's confident and sexy wife, Emily Hartley, for six years on the popular 1970s sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show," has died. She was 70. The widow of comic actor Tom Poston,...Tags: Broadway, New York, Nevada, Los Angeles, Troy Donahue
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