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The reality behind the myth of Britain's 'Iron Lady'
While the mainstream media in America love to wax poetic about former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the sainted "Iron Lady" of the Cold War, it might be wise to remember the real person behind the carefully polished myth ("Margaret Thatcher...
Tags: Media Industry, Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela, Ronald Reagan, United Kingdom
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Richard R. Rubin, Hopkins psychologist
Dr. Richard R. Rubin, a Johns Hopkins psychologist who counseled children and adults on how to cope with the emotional effects of diabetes, died of complications from prostate cancer March 25 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Monkton resident was 69....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Prostate Cancer, Diabetes, Johns Hopkins University
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Maryland's Nana Meriwether dishes on being too tall, oldest Miss USA
"Things happen for a reason." Potomac's Nana Meriwether, the reigning Miss USA, says that a lot. Especially when she talks about the road she followed to her title: two runner-up finishes at the Miss California pageant before being crowned Miss...
Tags: Baltimore Ravens, Entertainment Events, Super Bowl XLVII, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Colleges and Universities
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Former Baltimorean's article inspired Oscar-winning documentary
Former Baltimorean Craig Strydom intentionally attended the 85th Academy Awards wearing his father-in-law's tuxedo, the one with the tiny tear in one leg. The music journalist chose not to mend the small rip. He figured it would keep him grounded if the...
Tags: Music, Celebrities, Entertainment Events, Searching for Sugar Man (movie), Simon Chinn
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Pistorius and South Africa's culture of fear
As details continue to emerge about the killing of Reeva Steenkamp by the Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius, one fact appears to be certain: The man known as the "Blade Runner" did fire four bullets through a bathroom door in his South African home,...
Tags: FIFA World Cup, Reeva Steenkamp, Justice System, Nelson Mandela, 2012 Summer Olympics
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Catonsville couple found love in the sky in 1955
"In the air," she said. "In the clouds," was his answer. These were the responses when Catonsville residents Rosemarie Walsmann, 85, and her husband Manfred Walsmann, 83, were asked how they met nearly 60 years ago. He was 25. She was 27. He was going...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Africa, U.S. Army, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Trips and Vacations
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Lincoln document on display Tuesday
The Enoch Pratt Free Library's only document signed by Abraham Lincoln will be on display Tuesday for one day only, in honor of the Great Emancipator's 204th birthday. The document — the appointment of Walter Graham of New Jersey as the American...
Tags: Libraries, Abraham Lincoln, Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Zoo's animals enjoy unseasonable warmth
Like kids bursting out the schoolhouse doors for recess, when the Maryland Zoo's 11 chimpanzees were allowed outside Saturday for a rare bit of winter sunshine, they couldn't help, well, monkeying around.
They climbed to the very top of the mesh...Tags: Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Africa, Weather Reports, National Weather Service
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Political winds of change put South Africa in charge of its wine industry
Politics have been top-of-mind. And for obvious reasons. Seemingly benign public policies have been proven to have a far-reaching and often unanticipated impact on the future. Yes, history is full of lessons no one has learned. Take South Africa as a...Tags: Slavery, France, Consumer Goods Industries, Africa, Wines
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Bernard J. Conroy, Army officer
Bernard J. Conroy, a retired career Army officer who served during World War II and Vietnam and later became a nursing home volunteer, died Nov. 5 of cancer at Stella Maris Hospice in Timonium. He was 85. Bernard Jackson "Jack" Conroy was born and raised...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Long Term Care, Armed Forces, Realty, Baltimore County
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Tracie Thoms' celebrity travels
You might call Tracie Thoms a triple-triple threat: The Baltimore native sings, dances and acts, and her career encompasses film, television and theater.
Introduced to acting and television at an early age — her father, Donald Thoms, is a...Tags: Bruce Willis, Netflix Inc., CBS Corp., Baltimore Hotels, Tracie Thoms
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