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Answers for presidential fitness quiz
Check your answers here and see how you did. 1. William Howard Taft 2. Bill Clinton 3. William Henry Harrison 4. George W. Bush 5. Theodore Roosevelt 6. Ronald Reagan 7. Herbert Hoover 8. Woodrow Wilson 9. John F. Kennedy 10. John...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, John Quincy Adams, John F. Kennedy
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Dave: Get over it!!! You're not alone. (Updated)
Spin CycleReading that Gov. Paterson objected to being called the "accidental governor" and suggested that he was being pejoratively singled out in his speech to the NAACP, we decided to check. He's totally wrong. We found 337 stories on Nexis......Tags: NAACP, Mike Huckabee, Jodi Rell, Richard J Codey, Regional Authority
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Generals who later became president
1. George Washington, Revolutionary War 2. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812 3. William Henry Harrison, War of 1812 4. Zachary Taylor, Mexican War 5. Franklin Pierce, Mexican War 6. Andrew Johnson, Civil War 7. Ulysses S. Grant →...Tags: Benjamin Harrison, Andrew Johnson, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor
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Today's Regional Mystery
Q: We know that Virginia is considered "the Mother of Presidents" because so many presidents hail from our state. With Gov. Timothy M. Kaine being mentioned as a possible running mate for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, I wonder: How...Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Virginia, Political Candidates, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Government
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Our claims to fame
She's from here? That's right here? They make those here? Yes, yes and yes. From Ella Fitzgerald to Williamsburg to Peace Frogs, we've got people, places and things worth talking about. PEOPLE Princess Pocahontas, Capt. John Smith and Chief Powhatan...Tags: Edgar Allan Poe, Pearl Bailey, Curtis Strange, Colleges and Universities, Pocahontas
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Hail to the chiefs, as played by . . .
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAmericans usually celebrate the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy on President's Day. But rarely are the less stellar commanders in chief ever mentioned, such as William Henry Harrison -- who caught a...Tags: John Adams, Charlton Heston, Martin van Buren, Jimmy Stewart, Rob Lowe
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Bedford Springs reawakens
The Washington PostDallas developer Keith Evans was skeptical when his business partner told him about a resort property in central Pennsylvania that opened in 1806, had its heyday in the early to mid-1900s and closed in 1984. Four other developers had spent a few...Tags: Zachary Taylor, Daniel Webster, Aaron Burr, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hotels and Accommodations
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At home with our presidents
Special to the TribunePresidential houses are a wonderful way to understand the domestic life of this country's leaders. The Midwest has been historically fertile ground for presidential ambitions, and after the travails of politics, many ex-presidents were content to resettle...Tags: The White House, Armed Forces, Illinois, Ohio, Benjamin Harrison
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CLAIMS TO FAME
SHE'S FROM HERE? THAT'S RIGHT HERE? THEY MAKE THOSE HERE? YES, YES, AND YES. FROM ELLA FITZGERALD TO WILLIAMSBURG TO PEACE FROGS, WE'VE GOT PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS WORTH TALKING ABOUT. PEOPLE Princess Pocahontas, Capt. John Smith and Chief Powhatan...Tags: Pearl Bailey, Curtis Strange, Colleges and Universities, Pocahontas, Tour Operations Industry
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Mr. Jefferson's house
/928-6479The first thought that enters your mind as you make your way up the front walk to Monticello is that it's much smaller than you expected. That's not to say that it's small. In fact, the living quarters are 11,000 square feet. But when you've grown up...Tags: The White House, University of Virginia, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Thomas Jefferson, Colleges and Universities
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Culture and History
The Native American presence in the area dates back some 2700 years. Europeans began settling the area in the late 18th century, when the population squeeze on the Atlantic seaboard sent thousands down the Ohio River. Cincinnati began life as a fort in...Tags: Major League Baseball, Baseball
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Another First Lady's LI Upbringing
Staff WriterAnna Symmes Harrison, the wife of President William Henry Harrison, was not born on Long Island but her roots were here. In a Long Island Historical Journal story published in 1993, Natalie Naylor has written that Anna's parents, Anna Tuthill and John...Tags: Ohio, Long Island, Indiana, National Government, John Tyler
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