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Obama's quest for greatness
WASHINGTON -- The "legacy thing" may be harder than Barack Obama imagines. Beginning his second term, Obama has a focused, though unstated, agenda: to achieve presidential greatness in the eyes of historians and Americans. In this, he will almost...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Iran's Nuclear Program, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), Government Health Care
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Lessons for Obama from reading inaugurals past [Video chat]
Editor's note: Join Hector Tobar and book critic David L. Ulin on the Jacket Copy blog for a live video chat on the literary legacy of American inaugurations in general, and President Obama's 2013 inauguration in particular, on Tuesday at 10 a.m. Pacific....
Tags: Sonia Sotomayor, Barack Obama, Woodrow Wilson, John F. Kennedy
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Hidden functions can increase an item's value
A toy with hidden parts that give it a second use can add to its value, so look carefully at unfamiliar playthings. A teddy bear sometimes has a hidden music box inside or is made to be used as a muff. A tiny bear with a removable head can actually be a...Tags: Entertainment, Toy Industry, Music, Northwood, France
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Letters: Fiction vs. nonfiction
Re “What students read,” Editorial, Dec. 27 It's a mistake to believe that fiction is intrinsically superior to nonfiction. The ideas expressed in great speeches over the years, for example, hold their own against the classics because they...Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature
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Revisionism Tokyo-style
This month 75 years ago, the people of Nanking, China's ancient capital city, were in the midst of one of the worst atrocities in history, the infamous Rape of Nanking. The truth of what actually happened is at the center of a bitter dispute between China...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Criminals, Arts and Culture, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Wars and Interventions
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Liberals Nip at Obama as He Battles Republicans
You can already hear the rumbling in the distance -- a train of noisy liberal Democrats barreling straight for the White House. They should arrive just in time for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration. The president already has his hands...
Tags: U.S. Senate, Social Security, Public Finance, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Jerusalem (Israel)
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Ed Asner Returns To Former American Shakespeare Theatre
Hartford CourantEd Asner surveyed the building and grounds of what used to be the American Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford Tuesday morning. It’s turf the seven-time Emmy Award winner (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Lou Grant,” “...Tags: Housatonic River, Celebrities, John Houseman, Barbara Barrie, Arts and Culture
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Bill Murray scoffs at doubt as FDR in 'Hyde Park on Hudson'
For Bill Murray, playing Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the new film “Hyde Park on Hudson” meant risking some serious derision. Now 62, Murray carries with him a huge recognition factor thanks to a host of comedies: "Stripes," "Caddyshack,"...
Tags: Polio, Entertainment, Bill Murray, Movies, Groundhog Day (movie)
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Pearl Harbor 71st anniversary TV programming
Channel Guide MagazineThis Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, marks the 71st anniversary of the “date which will live in infamy” — the day in 1941 when the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, bringing America into World War II and... -
Robert Watson: For Truman, Key West was home
The presidency is the world's most demanding job. Consequently, most presidents relied on "retreats" to get away from the capital city. Ronald Reagan, for instance, had his ranch in California, "W" his ranch in Crawford, TX., and Teddy Roosevelt sought...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Politics, Heads of State, Richard Nixon, Radio Industry
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'Hyde Park on Hudson' review: Makes 'Lincoln' look like 'Skyfall'
*1/2 (out of four) President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Bill Murray) drives his fifth cousin Daisy (Laura Linney) to an isolated field. He puts her hand on his thigh and unfastens his pants. You know where this is going. Daisy must be awfully good with...
Tags: Colin Firth, Polio, Bill Murray, England, Laura Linney
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Murray is the anchor, but plot adrift in 'Hyde Park on Hudson' ★★
The music’s the best thing about the peculiar, demurely prurient “Hyde Park on Hudson,” starring Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Laura Linney as his spinster fifth cousin, Daisy Suckley. Setting the scene, and the mood,...
Tags: Roosevelt, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Radio, Laura Linney, Roger Michell
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Dec 13, 2012
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Dec 13, 2012
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Dec 13, 2012
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Original site for Franklin Delano Roosevelt topic gallery.