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Caroline Kennedy says poetry a tradition in her family
The words and ideas expressed by poetry can impart emotions and memories just like photographs and music, Caroline Kennedy told a crowd in Naperville Thursday. The daughter of President John F. Kennedy was on the campus of North Central College in...
Tags: New York City, Music, Poetry, Entertainment, William Shakespeare
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PASSINGS: Raymond L. Telles
Raymond L. Telles, 97, El Paso's first Latino elected mayor and a former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, died Friday at the Sherman Oaks home of his daughter Cynthia Ann Telles, according to KTSM-TV of El Paso. He had been in failing health in recent...
Tags: Local Elections, Elections, Employment Opportunities, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Army
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Review: 'The Obituary Writer' by Ann Hood
With John F. Kennedy's inauguration approaching, the country stirs with excitement. But even as she joins her suburban Virginia neighbors in wagering on the color of Jackie Kennedy's outfit, Claire contemplates the shambles of her loveless marriage. After...
Tags: Authors, Chicago Tribune, Marriage, Family, Ann Hood
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Tribune's 'Playing With Fire' garners 3 awards
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Tribune has won three national awards for its series “Playing With Fire,” an investigation of toxic flame retardants and the deceptive campaigns that two powerful industries waged to promote the chemicals. Among the awards is...Tags: U.S. Senate, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times
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Ambassador Caroline Kennedy?
If Caroline Kennedy were simply a lawyer and author, it's doubtful that she would be on any president's short list for a major diplomatic appointment. But Kennedy is also a member of a storied American political family and an early and valued supporter of...
Tags: U.S. Senate, U.S. Embassy, Tom Foley, Barack Obama, China
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Travel Postcard: 48 hours in the Florida Keys
ReutersKEY WEST, Fla (Reuters) - The Florida Keys are the end of the road, where the legendary U.S. Route 1 stops for the ocean at mile zero, a classic American road trip. For many, it did end here, a place where ships crashed and wreckers saved sailors and...Tags: Bars and Clubs, Key Lime Pie, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Florida Keys Vacations
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Rex Scouten dies at 88; longtime White House chief usher
Rex Scouten, whose 48-year career in the White House began with the Trumans and ended with the Clintons, and whose duties included helping first families transition to their oversized new home, died Feb. 20 at a hospital near his home in Fairfax, Va. He...Tags: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Secret Service, Nancy Reagan, Harry S. Truman
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Maj. Gen. John Borling writes poetry of survival
For the better part of four years, Air Force Maj. Gen. John Borling lived in a cell that was about 21/2 paces wide and 31/2 paces long. There were no windows and little ventilation, except for three small holes. One of the holes contained a naked light...
Tags: Army National Guard, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Prisons, Arts and Culture, Wars and Interventions
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This week's best-sellers
HARDCOVER FICTION 1. "Six Years" by Harlan Coben (Dutton, $27.95). Six years after another man married the love of Jake's life, that man dies, and Jake gets a shock when he attends the funeral. Last week: — 2. "The Storyteller" by Jodi Picoult...
Tags: Upper East Side, Religion and Belief, Bible, Manhattan (New York City), Clive Cussler
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An appreciation: Phil Ramone's golden ear for the hits
That Phil Ramone was a musical force in the recording studio is undeniable, and the evidence lies in the range of his accomplishments. For example, within one three-year period in the early 1960s, Ramone mixed Lesley Gore's smash hit "It's My Party,"...Tags: New York City, Barbra Streisand, Chet Baker, Frank Sinatra, White House
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'Star Wars' today: What would Reagan do?
President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would develop and deploy a system capable of intercepting and destroying strategic ballistic missiles. Like President...
Tags: Moscow (Russia), Barack Obama, Nuclear Policy, Russia, Henry Kissinger
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National awards for Tribune's "Playing With Fire" series
If you read the Chicago Tribune's "Playing With Fire" series about the deceptive campaign by the chemical and tobacco industries to introduce toxic flame retardants into our homes -- and ultimately into our bodies -- you won't be surprised that it won...
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Michael Hawthorne, Newspapers
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