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After 60 Years, Black Officers Rare
Associated PressBlack people have made great strides in the military since it was integrated 60 years ago, but they still struggle to gain a foothold in the higher ranks, where fewer than 6 percent of U.S. general officers are African American. At a ceremony...Tags: George Bush, Defense, National or Ethnic Minorities, Government, Robert Gates
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Obama, McCain clearly differ on their deliveries
The Associated PressIf the presidential election were decided by speeches alone, it would be over already. Barack Obama soars, John McCain struggles. Obama beams, McCain grins at the wrong time. Obama looks off into a heavenly distance, then at you. McCain pivots his head...Tags: Bill Clinton, George Bush, Dwight David Eisenhower, Al Gore, George H.W. Bush
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60 years of military integration
The Associated PressBlacks have made great strides in the military since it was integrated 60 years ago, but they still struggle to gain a foothold in the higher ranks, where fewer than 6 percent of U.S. general officers are black. At a ceremony Wednesday commemorating...Tags: Defense, George Bush, National or Ethnic Minorities, Government, Minority Groups
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'Four Presidents on Television' at the Billy Wilder Theatre
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAt the New York World's Fair on April 30, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first commander in chief to appear on television when he formally opened the festivities on a NBC telecast. Since that time, every president and presidential...Tags: Republican Party, NBC, John F. Kennedy, Roman Catholic, Elections
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A presidential primer on the Middle East conflict
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterTo: Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain From: The Holy Land Re: Well, it's complicated. . . -- So you're competing to become the umpteenth American president burdened by the conflict over this hallowed patch of ground. Like nearly every other candidate...Tags: Corruption, Defense, Jimmy Carter, Executive Branch, Corrupt Practices
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Local families give inner-city kids a breath of 'Fresh Air'
928-6473Jahchai Miller can't stop talking about Krispy Kreme doughnuts. For the first time, the 9-year-old Brooklyn boy got to try one of the famed treats. And not only did he try one — well, actually eight of them — he got to see them being made....Tags: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel, Heavy Engineering, Hampton Roads
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Police briefs
An Edgewater man and a teenage girl were arrested in connection with the beating and robbery of a man outside an Edgewater supermarket, Anne Arundel County police said. The victim was attacked by three people who repeatedly struck him with sticks, a...Tags: Edgewater, Drug Trafficking, Glen Burnie, Defense, Pinecrest
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1918: Russia's Czar Nicholas II and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks. 1938: Aviator Douglas Corrigan took off from New York, saying he was headed for California; he ended up in Ireland, supposedly by accident, earning the nickname "Wrong Way...Tags: Strom Thurmond, Air and Space Accidents, Government, Kennedy Airport, Anaheim
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Monkey in the middle
Your editorial, "What's in a middle name?" (July 12) initiated a few random responses. Two of my favorite famous middle names are 'Makepeace' and 'Wolfgang;' the former belonged to British novelist William Thackeray, and the latter, of course, to Mozart -...Tags: Oak Lawn
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How should Jews vote?
Yes, Varda, there is a Jewish way to vote — or at least a genuine Jewish perspective to bring to political races like the current one for the American presidency. Some Jews would assert that "voting Jewish" consists only of analyzing the...Tags: Elections, Judaism, Political Candidates, Richard Nixon, New York
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