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steve.parks@newsday.comSEPT. 7. Infrastructures: Photographs by Bryan Whitney. Photographic images of communication towers emphasizing the complexity and mystery of some of the most distinctive structures in the contemporary landscape. (Reception Sept. 21.) Anthony Giordano...Tags: Diane Arbus, Manhattan (New York City), Berenice Abbott, Robert Rauschenberg, Annie Leibovitz
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SIU, historic group in legal tussle
Southern Illinois University in Carbondale and the Ulysses S. Grant Association are apparently parting ways, but not without a legal fight over who gets what. The nonprofit group wants a Jackson County judge to issue a temporary restraining order...Tags: Colleges and Universities
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MILESTONES FOR WOMEN IN U.S. POLITICS
1848: First women's rights convention is held, in Seneca Falls, N.Y. 1872: First woman presidential candidate, Victoria Claflin Woodhull, is nominated by party known variously as the National Radical Reformers or the Equal Rights Party. 1872:...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Shirley, Wyoming, Political Candidates, Geraldine Ferraro
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Confederate museum to share surprising collection
Associated Press WriterWith surgical gloves, S. Waite Rawls III pulls out a large drawer in the basement of the Museum of the Confederacy to reveal a startling display: dolls the size of children, neatly lined up like small bodies on a morgue slab. The dolls are among what...Tags: Stonewall Jackson, History, Virginia, Toys, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Politics and football share one common bond: Dynasties
Sentinel Staff WriterAmericans pride themselves on their democracy. None other than George Washington helped set that tone. He relinquished the presidency voluntarily and peacefully after eight years in office, creating an important example for future leaders to follow....Tags: Dallas Cowboys, George H.W. Bush, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tim Mara, Joseph P. Kennedy
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Following the leader: Q&A with Bobby Bowden
Bobby Bowden learned how to lead by watching others, sure, and he read about leaders he admired. But Bowden most of all learned how to lead simply by doing it and by growing into the role. These days, Bowden is considered one of the pre-eminent leaders...Tags: Stonewall Jackson, Schools, Paul William Bryant, Andrew Carter, Government
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Hair collecting a thriving business
New York Times News ServiceWESTPORT, Conn.—In the musty back room of the collectibles shop he owns here, stocked with a copy of the Declaration of Independence and Ernest Hemingway's briefcase typewriter, John Reznikoff held up a gold case that contained his most prized...Tags: Auction Service, Katharine Hepburn, Government, Colleges and Universities, Fordham University
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Shadow of death gave Randy Pausch, other authors' words special intensity
Tribune criticThe best writer's retreat of all may be a place where nobody really wants to go: the valley of the shadow of death. That is where many memorable and popular works have been written, as their authors come to terms with their imminent demise. Randy Pausch,...Tags: Family, John Keats, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Wallace Stevens, Diseases
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McCain accuses Obama of playing 'race card'
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe race issue, long a subtext of this historic presidential contest, flared into the open Thursday when John McCain and his campaign chief accused Barack Obama of playing "the race card" to seek political advantage. Angry Democrats said McCain was...Tags: Primaries, South Carolina, The White House, Political Candidates, Missouri
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'Secret Life of the American Teenager'
verne.gay@newsday.comReason to watch For some familiar old friends, like Molly Ringwald and Ernie Hudson (the warden in "Oz") and some promising newbies, like Shailene Woodley. It also marks the return of producer-creator Brenda Hampton, who was show-runner for "7th Heaven,"...Tags: People, Ernie Hudson, Molly Ringwald, Teen-agers
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Taking summer refuge at Block Island
Special to NewsdayWhen you're looking for the perfect summer refuge, you may find yourself reconsidering the star-studded Hamptons. Or maybe, in this year's economy, and with offensive gas prices, you're thinking twice about pricey Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Just...Tags: Natural Resources, Littlefield Corporation, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Nature, Bill Clinton
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On July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president, died at 63 in Mt. McGregor, N.Y. In 1888 novelist Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago. In 1945 French Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, who had headed the Vichy government during World War II, went...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, George H.W. Bush, Government, Space Programs, New Hampshire
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