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Anatomy of a smear
Paul GreenbergNot a presidential election goes by without producing another prize specimen for my extensive collection of Famous Smears I Have Known, and this year's campaign is no different. It's a red-white-and-blue, dadgum all-American tradition, telling whoppers...Tags: Republican Party, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections, Bill Clinton, Bain Capital, LLC
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Julian Samuel Stein Jr., PR executive
Julian Samuel Stein Jr., a retired public relations executive who was an adviser to Gov. J. Millard Tawes, died June 22 of heart failure at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
The Tuscany-Canterbury resident was 93.
Born in Baltimore, Mr. Stein was the son of a...Tags: Health and Safety at School, National Government, Holidays, Roland Park, Regional Authority
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Vin Scully, pitch perfect for the Dodgers
Oh, that voice! It comes out of the TV, it comes out of the radio, it comes out of the man sitting across from me in the cafe behind the press box at Dodger Stadium. Courtly and indefatigable, Vin Scully has been calling Dodger games since Harry Truman...
Tags: Philosophy, George Allen, New York Mets, Football, Electronics
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March 10: Author - Paula McLain Talks About Her Book, The Paris Wife
WGN NewsPaula McLain To purchase a copy of the book: The Paris Wife: A Novel Events: Tonight 6:30 p.m. Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park 200 North Oak Park Avenue Oak Park www.ehfop.org Friday, March 11 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lake Forest Bookstore...Tags: Human Interest, Ernest Hemingway, WGN
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Paris glitters with romance, history and possibility
PARIS — Paris is a city where possibilities are endless, expectations are high, and no one doubts that magic can happen.
Anyone who saw Woody Allen's recent homage to the City of Lights, "Midnight in Paris," knows what I'm talking about. Allen's...Tags: Noel Coward, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Kate Moss, Arts and Culture, Graham Greene
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Review: "The Little Red Guard" by Wenguang Huang
"At the age of 10, I slept next to a coffin that Father had made for Grandma." So begins "The Little Red Guard," a gripping, lyrical memoir by Wenguang Huang, a Chicago-based journalist and writer. As the keeper of his grandmother's "shou mu," or...
Tags: Philosophy, William Faulkner, Communist Party of China, Religion and Belief, Chicago Tribune
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Newfound Poe manuscript to be displayed in Richmond
A handwritten draft of one of Edgar Allan Poe's earliest poems and a letter to author Washington Irving are among a handful of items that will be part of an exhibit opening April 26 at a Richmond, Va., museum devoted to the writer. "This is the kind of...
Tags: Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Edgar Allan Poe, Washington Irving, Arts and Culture, Fiction
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Occupy Wall Street 'May Day' Protests Sprout Up Across NYC, Globe
![Occupy Wall Street protesters took to the streets Tuesday as several groups set up shop outside city banks and other businesses to mark International Workers Day, or better known as "May Day."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-04/69670636-30104236-187105.jpg "Occupy Wall Street protesters took to the streets Tuesday as several groups set up shop outside city banks and other businesses to mark International Workers Day, or better known as "May Day.\"")
Occupy Wall Street protesters took to the streets Tuesday as several groups set up shop outside city banks and other businesses to mark International Workers Day, or better known as "May Day."
Among the locations demonstrators targeted were the...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Occupy Wall Street, Bushwick, Fort Greene, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated
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Two topics that don't go together: The inspired Mixed Taste series
Jacket CopyIn the Mixed Taste series, presented by the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, there are combined presentations by two speakers, each of whom talks on their separate field of expertise.... -
Bookmark: Inscriptions tell their own stories
The first house I owned was quite small, but it came with a wonderfully mysterious basement. Among the treasures housed therein was a wringer washer, a green metal cabinet that opened with a deliciously coffin-like squeal and a collection of textbooks...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, H.L. Mencken, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Transportation, Chicago Tribune
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Generation Y is sedentary
![According to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/the-go-nowhere-generation.html?_r=2&src=me&ref=general" target="_blank">an article in the New York Times</a>, Generation Y is extremely sedentary. Census data shows that young people are less likely to move to a different state, less likely to relocate for employment and less likely to take risks, whatever that means. The article goes so far as to call Gen Y the “Go-Nowhere Generation.”](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/144382740-13073611.jpg "According to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/opinion/sunday/the-go-nowhere-generation.html?_r=2&src=me&ref=general\" target=\"_blank\">an article in the New York Times</a>, Generation Y is extremely sedentary. Census data shows that young people are less likely to move to a different state, less likely to relocate for employment and less likely to take risks, whatever that means. The article goes so far as to call Gen Y the “Go-Nowhere Generation.”")
According to an article in the New York Times, Generation Y is extremely sedentary. Census data shows that young people are less likely to move to a different state, less likely to relocate for employment and less likely to take risks, whatever that...Tags: Pearl Jam (music group), Media Industry, LinkedIn Corp., Nazi Party, Twitter, Inc.
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Restaurant Review: Woman's Industrial Kitchen revives its star role
This almost never happens. Revivals, remakes and sequels are, by common consent, inferior products.
Every once in a while, though, something comes along — the recent staging of "South Pacific," or "Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole —...Tags: Salads, Restaurants, Chicken, Billie Holiday, Dining and Drinking
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