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What Obama means to me
Special to The Baltimore SunFor a community advocate and businessman, a redefining of hurtful stereotypes. For a single mother, a better opportunity to educate her son --and herself. For civil rightsera survivors, a reminder of how far we have come. Indeed, the presidential...Tags: Government, Lobbying, Minority Groups, National Government, Michelle Obama
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Students weigh in on race in today's world
The 11th-grade English honors students of Deborah Lambert's class at Eastern Technical High School in Baltimore County tackled a question posed in this column recently: Are we there yet? By "there," I meant the colorblind nation of our dreams - or, at...Tags: Government, Racism, Minority Groups, National Government, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Milton Vance Murray
Milton Vance Murray, who during his four-decade career as a teacher and later as an elementary school principal remained a steadfast champion of academic excellence, died from complications of Alzheimer's disease Oct. 5 at FutureCare Lochearn. He was 87....Tags: Diana Ross, Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups, Duke Ellington
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Pierce J. Flanigan III
Pierce John Flanigan III, president of his family's transportation infrastructure business who advised governors and mayors, died Wednesday of a brain hemorrhage in Chicago while on a business trip. The Harbor East resident was 66. Mr. Flanigan mixed a...Tags: Classical Music, James Joyce, Harbor East, John Updike, Government
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Activities
activities events 32nd Street Farmers' Market Open year-round, 7 a.m.-noon Saturdays at 32nd Street in Waverly. Shoppers will find fresh produce, plants, breads, ethnic foods and more. Go to 32ndstreetmarket.org. Baltimore Farmers' Market Open Sundays...Tags: Road Transportation, Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Highlandtown, Minority Groups, Whole Foods Market
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October social calendar
Thursday, Oct. 2 "Sister ACT Gala 2008" Benefits Marian House Cocktail attire Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore Hotel, 20 W. Baltimore St. 7 p.m. Tickets $90 Call 410-467-4246 Thursday, Oct. 2 "Autumn Wine Tasting in the Barn" Benefits Hopewell Cancer...Tags: Viniculture, American Visionary Art Museum, Cancer, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Diseases
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Alonso initiative gets 68 city dropouts to re-enroll
In the first five days of an initiative to get Baltimore's high school dropouts back in school, 68 students have re-enrolled, officials said today. And about 300 students who were supposed to transfer to new schools this year but hadn't shown up have been...Tags: Society, Teaching and Learning
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Some high school dropouts drawn back to class
Eighteen-year-old Christian Anderson was just two credits shy of graduation at City College when he dropped out of high school last spring. He was trying to figure out a way to earn a GED when, a few days ago, he got a call from his old guidance...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Employees, Teaching and Learning, Teen-agers, Society
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Ada C. Veney
Ada C. Veney, a retired Baltimore City Health Department superintendent who was a pioneering African-American nurse, died Sunday at Sinai Hospital of complications from a stroke. The Ashburton resident was 99. Born Ada Christiana Vessells in Richmond,...Tags: Columbia University, Minority Groups, New York University, Medical Staff, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Longtime editor of Newsweek
Associated PressNEW YORK — Former editor of Newsweek Osborn Elliott, widely credited with making the magazine competitive with archrival Time magazine, died Sunday at age 83. He died of complications from cancer, his family told Newsweek. Mr. Elliott, known as...Tags: Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, Magazines, Death and Dying, Newspaper and Magazine
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Longtime Newsweek editor Elliott dies in NYC at 83
Former Newsweek editor Osborn Elliott, widely credited with making the magazine competitive with archrival Time magazine, died Sunday at age 83. The cause of his death was complications from cancer, his family told Newsweek. Elliott, known as Oz,...Tags: Columbia University, Colleges and Universities, Magazines, Death and Dying, Newspaper and Magazine
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Former Newsweek Editor Osborn Elliott dies
Former Newsweek Editor Osborn Elliott, widely credited with making the magazine competitive with archrival Time magazine, died yesterday at age 83. He died of complications from cancer, his family told Newsweek. Elliott, known as Oz, was editor of the...Tags: Columbia University, Death and Dying, Newspaper and Magazine, Periodicals, Magazines
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