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A Cold War Hawk Who Set the Stage for Peace
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — When Ronald Reagan entered the White House in 1981, the United States faced two major foreign policy challenges: the generation-long Cold War with the Soviet Union, and an unfamiliar new threat from militant Islamic movements, which had...Tags: Weaponry, John Lewis, White House, Health and Safety at School, Yale University
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Friends, foes recall victorious Cold Warrior
In the hours after his death, Ronald Reagan was remembered around the globe, by friends and former foes, as the American president who changed the world by winning the Cold War. To many people in Eastern Europe, freed when the Berlin Wall came down...Tags: John Anderson, Gaming, World War II (1939-1945), Ronald Reagan, The Associated Press
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Oscars show filled with memorable moments
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBy the time the 74th Academy Awards telecast had hit the three-hour mark, "A Beautiful Mind" had won only one Oscar out of the five for which it had been nominated: Jennifer Connelly's victory for best supporting actress, which had just about opened the...Tags: MGM Inc., Errol Morris, Russell Crowe, Halle Berry, John Ford
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Reform hinges on Syria's leader
Tribune foreign correspondentThe president known as Dr. Bashar likes to dine out. An eye doctor by training, Bashar Assad is often spotted with his wife and three kids in the homier restaurants of the Syrian capital. The lanky 39-year-old leader is working on his English and...Tags: Weaponry, England, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Economy, Prisons
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A Presidency Characterized by Paradox
Certainly no more improbable star has crossed the American political firmament than Ronald Reagan, the former governor of California and 40th president of the United States. Reagan left the presidency in January 1989, the only modern president to emerge...Tags: Philosophy, Alzheimer's Disease, Executive Branch, George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan
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Been there, Domed that
Tribune staff reporterBefore Tyrone Willingham and Bob Davie, there was Gerry Faust. He showed what happens to coaches who don't win at Notre Dame. Faust's dream job didn't have a happy ending. On Nov. 26, 1985, he announced he would resign after the Irish's last game of the...Tags: Colleges and Universities, College Football, Super Bowl, Chicago Bears, Louisiana State University
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Classical review, Mikhail Pletnev at Symphony Center
Special to the TribuneRussia is renowned as an incubator of piano prodigies, having supplied a long line of virtuosos from Anton Rubinstein to Vladimir Horowitz to Evgeny Kissin. Its conservatories regularly produce superb technicians at ease with the emotional upheavals and...Tags: Vladimir Horowitz
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Whispered in Russia: Democracy Is Finished
Times Staff WriterIn a sunny garden outside the Kremlin, not far from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, workers quietly hammered into place 10 squat black letters to commemorate one of the bloodiest battles of World War II: Stalingrad. Until Friday, the memorial bore the...Tags: Law Enforcement, Television Industry, World War II (1939-1945), Civil Rights, Local Elections
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Reagan dies
Ronald Wilson Reagan, who grew up a shoe salesman's son in northern Illinois, became a movie star in the golden days of Hollywood and emerged as a conservative icon and a two-term president who helped end the Cold War, died Saturday after suffering from...Tags: Philosophy, Ann Sheridan, Church and State Relations, World War II (1939-1945), Satellite and Cable Service
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Former President Reagan dies at age 93
Ronald Wilson Reagan, who helped to end the Cold War abroad and start a conservative revolution at home, died yesterday after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 93.
The life of the 40th president of the United States was a drama that...Tags: Family, College Football, Political Candidates, World War II (1939-1945), Sociology
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