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On immigration, ghosts of Christmas past
WASHINGTON -- Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is a gooey confection of seasonal sentiment. It also is an economic manifesto that Dickens hoped would hit with "twenty thousand times the force" of a political tract. It concerned a 19th-century debate...
Tags: Jeff Sessions, Heritage Foundation, Economy, Business and Finance, Religion and Belief, Labor Markets
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Column: Ghosts of Christmas past seen in immigration debate
WASHINGTON — Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" is a gooey confection of seasonal sentiment. It also is an economic manifesto that Dickens hoped would hit with "twenty thousand times the force" of a political tract. It concerned a 19th-...Tags: Washington, DC, Jeff Sessions, Heritage Foundation, The Washington Post, Economy, Business and Finance
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Christmas spirit lives on in favorite films
South Bend TribuneIf you know who Scut Farkus, Clarence Odbody AS2 and Jacob Marley are, you probably have the same taste in Christmas movies that I do. These characters, respectively, are the bully-turned-baby in “A Christmas Story,” the portly angel...Tags: Movies, George C. Scott, Charles Dickens, James Stewart, Entertainment
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This weekend: ‘Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol,’ ‘The Sound of Music,’ ‘Back to the Beginning,’ football
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelLet's start at the very beginning — it's a sentiment crucial to two big ABC programs this weekend. The TV menu will be heavy on football, Christmas and music. Mr. Magoo and Julie Andrews are back with their very best. The highlights: 1. Christiane... -
The Crowd: No Scrooge at this Christmas Carol Ball
The 2012 Christmas Carol Ball benefiting Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian was exceptionally festive this season. The event has always had a warm, community-based feeling as citizen donors come together with hospital staff, nurses and physicians for a...
Tags: Holidays, General Practitioners, Hospitals and Clinics, Festive Events, Religious Festivals
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Still dreaming of a white Christmas
Liz Smith"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas," wrote Irving Berlin. IF YOU think of the beloved song "White Christmas," you might like to remember that it was written by a Jewish man who all but dominated the American music milieu from the '20s through the '50s....Tags: Charles Dickens, Irving Berlin, Christmas Music (genre), Music, Holidays
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Heritage Academy students perform 'A CHRISTmas Carol Revisited'
Envision carolers singing in the streets of London and the joy of Christmas. That was the scene Nov. 17 for Heritage Academy’s drama production of “A CHRISTmas Carol Revisited.” The classic “Christmas Carol” tale was...
Tags: Holidays, Jesus Christ, Drama (genre), Religious Festivals
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Merry Christmas from Charles Dickens
Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future: they first appeared in 1843. That was when Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was first published; in the century and a half since, it's never gone out of print and...
Tags: Holidays, Santa Claus (fictional character), Charles Dickens, Google+, Ghosts (supernatural entities)
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On the Town: Fezziwig's Festive Holiday Tea at A Noise Within, Pasadena Museum of California Art celebrates the holidays
The invitation was titled Fezziwig's Festive Holiday Tea at A Noise Within. In smaller type was the announcement of a post-tea, matinee performance of Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol.” Both events could be had for $300, representing one of...
Tags: Museums, Arts, Charles Dickens, Alison Elliott, Teaching and Learning
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Dairy Focus: The gift of appreciation
'Tis always the season for giving appreciation, especially to employees. That is no different on the dairy or any ag operation that employs labor to conduct business. As the dairy industry continues to change, so will its reliance on hired labor. In...Tags: Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Charles Dickens, Consumer Goods Industries, Beverage Industry
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Obama's sanctimony proves who the real Scrooge is
As right as Dickens. That's what President Barack Obama suggested about his tax plan when he recently used "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens to frame his case for rate increases. A "Scrooge Christmas" is what the country will get if lawmakers won't...
Tags: Personal Income, Holidays, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Politics
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A cat, a marriage, and relationships
A friend of mine lost her roommate's cat a few years ago. Her roommate was out of town, and my friend was caring for the animal. The cat was allowed out for a bit in the evenings, behind their complex. One night, my friend forgot to let him back in. In...Tags: Family, Authors, Marriage, Genres, Val Lewton
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