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McManus: Mother knows best
There are two things you can do for your mother on Mother's Day. One is to say "thank you." (Over lunch, with flowers.) The other is to ask her for advice — even if she's not convinced you really want it. "I don't think kids take any advice from...
Tags: Tea Party Movement, Same-Sex Marriage, Hillary Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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'Doc' laid to rest
BREMEN — Hundreds gathered along the streets of downtown Bremen today to bid farewell to their beloved “Doc.” Dr. Otis R. Bowen, former Indiana governor, secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and local...
Tags: Mike Pence, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Jackie Walorski
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Star-News, Wilmington, N.C., Here Now column
Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.The year was 1990 and the place was Moscow. Gisela Hausmann was on another of her trips, this time heading for a guided tour of Mongolia via the Trans Siberian Railroad. Although she had been to Moscow twice before, she'd never toured the Kremlin's...Tags: Bill Clinton, Moscow (Russia), Key Largo, Austria, Authors
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Colin Powell talks leadership to Weinberg crowd
The Frederick News-Post, Md.Words of wisdom washed over a crowd of admirers Thursday night as retired Gen. Colin Powell commanded the stage at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick. "If you want to be a good leader and effective leader, you have to hire good people and...Tags: Colin Powell, Mount Airy, U.S. Army, NPR, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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The case for immigration reform, as made by a hunger-striking, naturalized citizen
Las Vegas SunEditor's note: This Q&A is one of two interviews published jointly, one from a staunch opponent of legalizing immigrants residing in the country illegally and the other with a naturalized U.S. citizen from Mexico who is a long-time activist for...Tags: Career and Workplace, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, Strikes, Crime, Law and Justice
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COLUMN - Benghazi and the Republican abandonment of the center
Reuters(Nicholas Wapshott is a Reuters columnist) By Nicholas Wapshott May 10 (Reuters) - In World War Two, the Libyan port of Benghazi was hard fought over, changing hands five times between Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Allied forces. Seventy years on,...Tags: 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, U.S. Department of State, White House, Social Issues, Coca-Cola
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EDITORIAL: Doc's prescient prescription
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.Viewed through a 2013 prism, Doc Bowen's response to the AIDS epidemic looks merely prudent, routine. But Otis R. "Doc" Bowen, a country doctor who became a beloved Indiana governor, took over as U.S. Health and Human Services secretary in 1985. For...Tags: Indiana Legislature, Human papillomavirus, Blood Transfusion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Politics
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President should be more of a pit bull
Reason, common sense, logic, intelligence and science are characteristics of most academics. It's a sad state of affairs that so many of our Congressmen lack these attributes. They were elected to embrace and implement the will of the people at large, yet...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, White House, Bill Clinton, Lyndon B. Johnson, Fort Lauderdale
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Ronald Reagan and the fall of UC
Once upon a time, the University of California was a sacred trust, the top tier of a model educational system that helped lift the state to unprecedented prosperity. It was jealously protected from outside political interference. Now UC is more often...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Russia, Students, Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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'Click Camp' replaces 'Write Rosty' in new U.S. tax revamp push
ReutersBy Kim Dixon WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - The political goal is the same as it was in the mid-1980s - seed grass-roots support for an overhaul of the U.S. tax code - but the approach launched Thursday relies on email, not snail mail. The chairmen of...Tags: U.S. Senate, Media Industry, Politics, Max Baucus, U.S. House of Representatives
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Sculptor Davide Prete embraces traditional metalsmithing
The Salina Journal, Kan.Editor's Note: This is one of a series of profiles about nine sculptors who are exhibiting their work for the first time at SculptureTour Salina 2013. Their works will be exhibited on a three-block route on Santa Fe and Iron avenues in downtown Salina...Tags: Arts, Customs and Tradition, Czech Republic, Italy, Metal
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GOP, Democrats continue to dispute regarding Benghazi deaths
WASHINGTON (AP) — Politicians love few things better than a scandal to trip up their opponents, and Republicans hope last year's fatal attack on U.S. diplomats in Libya will do exactly that to Hillary Rodham Clinton and other Democrats. History...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, Jimmy Carter, U.S. Elections, White House, Hillary Clinton
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