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The 1919 race riots
Tribune staff reporterThey were separated by a line unseen and a law unwritten: The 29th Street beach was for whites, the 25th Street beach for blacks. An invisible boundary stretched from the sand into Lake Michigan, parting the races like Moses' staff parted the Red Sea....Tags: Richard J. Daley, Riots, Michigan
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The level's advocate
If you were to ask 1,000 Chicagoans this question, "How many feet above sea level is Chicago?" how many correct answers do you think you'd get? Our guess is zero. People would be more likely to know Ernie Banks' career home run total (512) or Oprah...Tags: History, Bodies of Water, Architecture, Justice System, Water
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Passings 2005
Special to NewsdayIn their lifetimes, many audiences loved or admired them, not only for who they were but simply for being there. They were among the most celebrated of the hundreds of prominent men and women who joined the passing parade in 2005. Once a humble Polish...Tags: Radio Industry, Adolf Hitler, National Basketball Association, Sid Caesar, Tony the Tiger
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Fun Evening With the Golden Globes
From The Times: Feb. 9, 1971 The 28th Golden Globes Awards at the Beverly Hilton was the kind of evening and entertainment that leaves the audience hoping for an encore. It was more of a fun event than any big awards ceremony I recall in recent years,...Tags: Joan Crawford, Barbra Streisand, Shelley Winters, Mary Tyler Moore, Movies
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Best overall results: Grade schools
Excludes high schools giving 7th and 8th grade tests. Not all grade levels tested.696. ARNOLD W KRUSE ED CENTER, ORLAND PARK, 77.4 697. WESTMORE ELEM SCHOOL, LOMBARD, 77.4 698. ORRINGTON ELEM SCHOOL, EVANSTON, 77.4 699. MOKENA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, MOKENA, 77.4 700. KINGSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EVANSTON, 77.4 701. HANOVER...Tags: Beach Vacations, Nathan Hale, Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Middle Schools, Jane Addams
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Movie review: 'Bright Young Things'
Tribune Movie Critic3 1/2 stars (out of 4) Stephen Fry's "Bright Young Things," like the novel from which it was adapted-- Evelyn Waugh's 1930 British comic gem "Vile Bodies"--is a brilliant, giddy satiric romp with a discreetly moralistic viewpoint beneath its high-style...Tags: Health Treatments, Benny Goodman, Movies, James Brown, Paris Hilton
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'Bright Young Things'
Times Staff WriterEarly on in Stephen Fry's riotous "Bright Young Things," an angel on the deck of a steamship vomits on a young man's head. The young man is Adam Symes (Stephen Campbell Moore), a penniless but well-connected novelist whose fortunes flip like flapjacks,...Tags: Michael Winterbottom, Movies, Culture, Nicole Holofcener, Paris Hilton
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Detectives begin thorough search of suspect's car
Sun StaffThe car that investigators have portrayed as a killing machine used by the Washington-area snipers is getting its first thorough examination by detectives looking for clues that would explain how the men were able to roam the region and kill so many...Tags: Assault, Metal and Mineral, Crimes, Law Enforcement, Police Investigations
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Boys Basketball Capsules
CCC East East Hartford Coach: Anthony Menard 2001-02: 16-7 Top players: Vincent Nelson, 6-3 sr. F; Mike Porter, 6-2 sr. F; Mike Ritchens, 5-10 jr. G; Jeff Young, 6-2 jr. G; Shon Lowe, 5-9 so. G; Aaron Johnson, 6-4 so. F; Fernando Poesi, 5-10 jr. G....Tags: Baseball, Peter Hall, Mike Quinn, Values, Mike Williams
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Movie review: 'Twisted'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic2 stars (out of 4) Philip Kaufman's "Twisted" is a neo-noir movie nightmare gone sadly wrong. This glossy but emotionally arid and talent-wasting cop thriller - starring Ashley Judd as a promiscuous San Francisco cop who suspects she may be committing...Tags: Quentin Tarantino, Morgan Freeman, Family, Movies, Crimes
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The cruelest twist
Orlando Citybeat WriterIn the new thriller Twisted, Ashley Judd stars as Jessica Shepard, a newly promoted detective in the San Francisco Police Department's homicide division. She's tough-as-nails, an accomplished officer who doesn't mind bending the rules (aren't they all?),...Tags: Movies, Mariska Hargitay, Crimes, Law Enforcement, Samuel L. Jackson
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'Twisted'
Times Staff WriterIn the junky woman-in-peril thriller "Twisted," Ashley Judd enters laughing, but not for long. Butched-out with cropped hair, leather jacket and a bloodstream gurgling with booze, Judd's Jessica Shepard has just been bumped from beat cop to homicide...Tags: Family, Marquis de Sade, Movies, Crimes, Samuel L. Jackson
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