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Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch's obituary didn't do the man justice
As a transplanted New Yorker living in Maryland, I was offended by your one-sided obituary of former Mayor Ed Koch ("Ed Koch, New York's colorful longtime former mayor, dies," Feb. 1. You say he was a "shtick-artist" who appeared "relentlessly" in the...
Tags: Obituaries, New York City
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David Nitkin on state politics issues
Will, Potomac: If Martin O'Malley wins the gubernatorial election in 2006, will he be a likely candidate for vice president in 2008? Or even as the Democratic presidential nominee in 2012 or 2016? Nitkin: Vice presidential candidates are usually selected...Tags: John Kerry, Laws, ABC (tv network), Diebold Incorporated, Democratic Party
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Making the List
Sun StaffWASHINGTON -The list in the back of Bill Clinton's memoir is an embodiment of the political pecking order, a tiny-print world of foreign dignitaries, campaign advisers, fund-raisers, celebrities and assorted high-achievers. For the former president, there...Tags: Tim Russert, NBC (tv network), Television, White House, William F. Buckley
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The 17th Annual Jewish Film Festival Makes Its Way Around Area Cinemas
17th Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Fest April 4-15, hjff.org. Two documentaries are the highlights at the 17th Annual Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival, which will be bringing 21 films related to Jewish culture and history to theaters...
Tags: Movies, AIDS, Bloomfield (Staten Island, New York), Music, Melanie Laurent
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'Koch': The mayor's great love was New York City ★★★
What an entertaining rapscallion Ed Koch was during his run as mayor of New York in the late '70s and '80s. Popular, polarizing, loved, hated, even 20-plus years after he left office, he never failed to attract a crowd as he walked the streets of the...
Tags: Koch (movie), Movies, David Dinkins, Times Square, New York City
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A sandwich with my name all over it
Washington PostWASHINGTON — After seven decades plus of a serendipitous and fulfilling if ordinary life, I turned 75 last fall with one major goal unmet: I wanted to have a sandwich named for me. Truly, I am a man of modest skills and average talent. I shun...Tags: Frosting and Icing, Onions, Sandwiches, Obituaries, Bob Hope
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Edward Koch dies at 88; outspoken mayor led New York City comeback
In the late 1970s when Edward I. Koch won his first term as mayor of New York, the city was in shambles, its coffers and confidence sapped by financial crises and a paralyzing blackout. It needed a fighter and found one in Koch, a well-practiced pol...Tags: Political Corruption, Rudy Giuliani, Heart Failure, AIDS, Literature
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Eric Garcetti for mayor
Los Angeles is an underachieving city led in recent decades by a succession of underachieving mayors — people who came in with big dreams or big talk but soon got bored with the day-to-day task of steering a municipality. Voters don't get to conduct...
Tags: Herb Wesson, Antonio Villaraigosa, Richard M. Daley, Local Elections, Job Layoffs
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The Political Transformation Of Joe Lieberman
Hartford CourantTalking to reporters in his driveway on a hot day in August 2000, Connecticut U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman beamed — he had just been chosen as the Democratic vice presidential candidate to Al Gore. "Miracles happen," the proud son of a Stamford liquor...Tags: John Kerry, Monica Lewinsky, Sean Hannity, Terrorism, Conan O'Brien
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A fine state indeed
The recent State of the Community luncheon was headlined by four speakers who gave, if not glowing then surely positive, reports on where their organizations stand at the start of 2013 — John Scholten of the Public Schools of Petoskey, Dr. Josh...Tags: Local Government, Fire Island, Real Estate
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A fine state indeed says State of the Community report, remembering Ed Koch
The recent State of the Community luncheon was headlined by four speakers who gave, if not glowing then surely positive, reports on where their organizations stand at the start of 2013 -- John Scholten of the Public Schools of Petoskey, Dr. Josh...Tags: Local Government, Fire Island, Real Estate
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Ed Koch remembered as 'Uncle Eddie' and a savior of New York
NEW YORK -- To his family, Ed Koch was "Uncle Eddie." To New Yorkers, he was "hizzoner," the omnipresent three-term mayor who was remembered Monday as the man who lifted a grim city to glory but who always had time for his nieces, nephews, and a...
Tags: Rudy Giuliani, Heart Failure, Michael Bloomberg, Greenwich Village, Manhattan (New York City)
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