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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: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cancer, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Walters Art Museum, Glencoe
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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, Death and Dying, Civil Rights, Magazines, Colleges and Universities
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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, Periodicals, Newspaper and Magazine, Death and Dying, Magazines
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Two Men Seriously Hurt At Goodspeed Airport; New Consulate Opens
Plane crash in East Haddam. Wastewater project approved in Madison. New Consulate opens in New Haven. Here is a sampling of the stories written by Courant reporters over the last week. CHESHIRE ΔBook On Cheshire Murders Offers Little New...Tags: Tony Blair, Joan Joyce, Referenda, Diplomacy, Sharon Tate
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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, Death and Dying, Civil Rights, Magazines, Colleges and Universities
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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: Employees, History, Teen-agers, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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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: Johns Hopkins Hospital, National or Ethnic Minorities, Death and Dying, Baptist, Advanced Training
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Dropout persuasion
Baltimore schools chief Andres Alonso ordered the city's high schools yesterday to try to individually track down the 925 students who have dropped out since January and get them back in class. While students are legally permitted to drop out of school...Tags: Society, Martin O'Malley, Teaching and Learning, Fires
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'Huckleberry Finn' Still Raising A Raft Of Concerns
Courant Staff WriterIn "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," the title character and Jim complete a harrowing journey down the Mississippi River, but their story continues to hit snags and obstacles today. The book has been banned frequently since its publication in 1885. At...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Cultural Development, Mark Twain House and Museum, Slavery, Teaching and Learning
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Little Africa offers goldmine of restaurant flavors
Special to amNewYorkBefore African flavors graced the menus of contemporary New York eateries such as Merkato 55, Xai Xai, and Braai downtown, they were best found in enclaves like West Harlem's Litte Africa. Here, immigrants mostly from Senegal, Ivory Coast, Ghana and...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Memorial To Black Civil War Regiment To Be Unveiled
As a boy, Harrison Mero heard stories about his Grandpa Joe secretly ferrying slaves to the North through the Underground Railroad and listening to abolitionist Frederick Douglass speak in Connecticut. | "We heard how Grandpa Joe was an outspoken guy at a...Tags: Long Island Sound, History, Slavery, Wars and Interventions, Tourism and Leisure
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