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Dismayed by Washington, Pooran runs for Congress
Milad Pooran was honeymooning in the South Pacific last summer as politicians in Washington were turning a deadline to raise the U.S. debt limit into another opportunity for partisan brinkmanship. A critical care physician from Frederick County, Pooran...
Tags: Donna F. Edwards, Health and Medical Professionals, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Iraq, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Eileen S. Tarcay, writer and professor
Eileen S. Tarcay, who had taught English and journalism at what is now Coppin State University and was a prolific contributor of freelance articles to The Baltimore Sun, died Feb. 18 from complications of a stroke at a Salt Lake City nursing home. The...Tags: Ankara (Turkey), University of Missouri , Johns Hopkins University, Coppin State University, World War II (1939-1945)
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Donald LeRoy Calp, engineer
Donald LeRoy Calp, a retired air-traffic control engineer, died of an acute pulmonary hemorrhage Jan. 17 at his Columbia home. He was 79.
Born in Manchester, he was a 1950 Sparks High School graduate. He also attended Edison Junior College in Fort Myers,...Tags: Ellicott City, Korean War (1950-1953), Technology
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The language of empire
"Mr. Obama and his senior national security advisers have sought to reassure allies and answer critics, including many Republicans, that the United States will not abandon its commitments in the Persian Gulf even as it winds down the war in Iraq and looks...Tags: Afghanistan, The New York Times, International Military Interventions, Defense, Iran
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New space, quirky ideas could turn around the Contemporary Museum
A 12-foot-long white banner with black letters has been suction-cupped to the first-floor windows of the former Craig Flinner art gallery at Charles and Centre streets. It reads:
"Future home of the Contemporary Museum. Opening January, 2012."
At least,...Tags: Museums, Columbia University, University of Texas at Austin, Andy Warhol, Artists
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Mark Midei fights for medical license, exoneration
It took 25 years for Dr. Mark Midei to build his reputation and less than two for it to come crashing down.
In the spring of 2009, he was a superstar cardiologist with a seven-figure salary and a staff that adored him. By late April 2011, he was...Tags: Cardiac Catheterization, Medicaid, Symptoms, Homes, Music
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Bahrain's brave health care workers deserve support
The United States continues to ignore the thwarted Arab Spring in Bahrain. Recently, a quasi-military court in the small Gulf state sentenced 20 doctors and nurses to up to 15 years in jail. The charge against them? Treating injured demonstrators opposing...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Medical Specialization, Nursing, Health Organizations, Health and Medical Professionals
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Creeping Sharia is bound to choke off our freedoms
The Columbia Association's decision to hold women-only swim times is yet another example of a disturbing trend in this country which forces us all, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, into Sharia compliance. Like the kudzu weed, which now covers over 7 million...Tags: Dylan Thomas, College Sports, Islam
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Ethanol remains a sensible alternative to oil
Karen Hosler's recent opinion piece calling for an end to ethanol subsidies ("End the ethanol charade," Aug. 30) uses sweeping generalizations that distort the truth about grain ethanol's role in fostering America's energy independence and producing...Tags: Biofuels, Renewable Energy, Ethanol, Credit and Debt, Petroleum Industry
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Brig. Gen. Raymond J. Winkel Jr.
Brig. Gen. Raymond J. Winkel Jr., a retired career Army officer and a Vietnam War veteran who was chairman of the physics department at West Point for more than two decades, died Aug. 30 of cancer at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in...Tags: Graduation, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), International Military Interventions, Broken Arm, Applied Physics
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Best entertainment value: GOP nomination contest
Las Vegas is one of my favorite places, but there's a tinge of sadness on the Strip these days.
It's not a lack of crowds or dearth of attractions. The streets, shows, restaurants and casinos are packed as always. No, what's made the people of Las...Tags: Livestock Farming, Mike Huckabee, Haley Barbour, Tea Party Movement, Gary Johnson
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Nuclear threat keeps U.S. troops overseas
Nobody wishes for peace more than a veteran. As someone who deployed to a combat zone and knows what it's like to endure deep pangs of family separation and be awoken at 3:30 a.m. because there's a large group outside your post who is trying to kill you,...Tags: Saddam Hussein, Iran, Timonium, Barack Obama, China
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