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What Santorum wants, what Romney needs
In the spring of 1980, the race for the Republican presidential nomination got nasty. The front-runner, Ronald Reagan, said his main challenger,George H.W. Bush, wasn't a real conservative. Mr. Bush went on the attack, accusing Mr. Reagan of peddling...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney, George H.W. Bush, NBC (tv network), Joe Biden
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City man connects to Czech heritage through Wilson statue
Michael G. Rokos has traveled thousands of miles to pay homage to his American and Czech heritage and to the 28th U.S. president, who befriended his family nearly a century ago.
The lifelong Baltimorean will reconnect with cousins in the Czech Republic...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Christianity, Sculpture, Prague (Czech Republic), Human Rights
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Do blacks owe Obama their votes?
At the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Sen. Barack Obama said, "There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America -- there is the United States of America."
Those were welcome and commendable words....Tags: Al Sharpton, Minority Groups, Periodicals, ABC (tv network), The Washington Post
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Table Talk: It's raining restaurant weeks
Baltimore's annual Summer Restaurant Week begins its sixth run on Friday and goes through Aug.14. During the 10-day event, participating restaurants will once again offer three-course, fixed-price dinner menus. This year, the dinner menus are fixed at...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Hampden, Restaurants
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Thanks for being you, Baltimore!
The City Council president showed me his underwear. The state prosecutor let me try on Sheila Dixon’s ill-gotten mink. A state delegate swore at me for asking why she’d lied about her age. A priest denounced me from the pulpit. And David Simon...Tags: Local Elections, Baltimore County, Regional Authority, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Executive Branch
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Woman robbed of $2,200 in 1911 could have concealed money better
100 Years Ago "C" Cup for Cash In the Times' notes from all over: "Mrs. A.A. McCormick, of Chicago, was robbed of a hand bag containing $2,200. There is only one safe place for a woman to carry her money when travelling but modesty prevents our...Tags: Lawyers, Whitehall, Ellicott City, Cincinnati (Hamilton, Ohio), Duke University
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Table Talk: When Restaurant Weeks collide
Here they come. Three neighboring jurisdictions are set to launch the latest editions of their winter restaurant promotions. Baltimore County's promotion starts Jan. 14, Baltimore City's starts Jan. 21, and Howard County's starts Jan. 17.
The news...Tags: Randallstown, Baltimore County, Dining and Drinking, Ellicott City, Restaurants
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'Alien' once again bursts onto the big screen, at the Charles
When Walter Hill was flipping through the first 40 pages of the science fiction/horror script that became "Alien," he considered it turgid, a snooze.
"I thought it was just terrible," said Hill, who co-wrote and co-produced the movie with his partner,...Tags: Movies, Steve McQueen, Walter Hill, Minority Groups, Charles Street
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Schedule of events for Obama's inauguration
The Associated PressTUESDAY, Jan. 20 Gates to the Inaugural Ceremony open at 8 a.m. The inaugural festivities are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. They will include: • Musical selections of The United States Marine Band, followed by...Tags: John F. Williams, Recording Industry Association of America, Human Rights, Joseph E. Lowery, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Black voters saw ballots as a part of history
For hours, the Obama faithful sat in the pews of Baltimore's Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, watching a large-screen television and waiting for the election results. When CNN announced that he had won, people ran down the sanctuary's aisles,...Tags: History, Christianity, Baltimore County, Referenda, Sheila Dixon
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OBAMA ELECTED PRESIDENT
Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat who built a campaign and a movement around the promise of change, won a resounding victory over Republican John McCain Tuesday night, becoming the first black president in U.S. history.
Choosing a steady 47-year-old...Tags: Grant Park, Local Elections, Regional Authority, Minority Groups, John McCain
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Take part in the Zagat survey of local restaurants
Dining@LargeZagat makes it well worth your while to participate in the voting for the local restaurants to be included in the 2011 guide. The survey is going on at Zagat.com from now until Feb. 21. If you register and complete......Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Manhattan (New York City)
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