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The Interview: Bentley on a maritime promise lost
The Baltimore Sun's front page on July 22, 1959, carried the news accompanied by a six-column photo: The world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship had been launched at Camden, N.J.
The christening of the $47 million N/S Savannah was bigger than news about...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Facebook, Nuclear Power, U.S. Postal Service, Inner Harbor
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Beer, baseball and Baltimore
This is a tale about Baltimore beer barons, the owner of the Washington Senators, a silver bullet, and how the Orioles got to Baltimore. Now, with the O's generating a buzz as they fight for first place in the American League East and prepare to meet...
Tags: Bill Veeck, Clark Griffith, College Sports, Television Industry, The Washington Post
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If we didn't spend so much on defense there'd be more money for things we really need
I don't understand why taxes keep going up. They say it's for schools and infrastructure, but if the United States would just cut back on military spending, the money for schools and roads would be there without having to raise taxes on Americans. We... -
Morris Tischler, who invented an early transistorized pacemaker, dies
Morris Tischler, a retired science teacher who invented a 1950s transistorized cardiac pacemaker, died of respiratory failure March 9 at his Pikesville home. He was 89.
He was born in Newark, N.J., but when his father's real estate business failed in the...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, World War II (1939-1945), Cardiologists, Radio, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia)
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The Supreme Court should be televised
Nothing has focused as much attention on the Supreme Court since the 2000 Florida election recount case as last week's arguments over the constitutionality of President Obama's health care act. The outcome, expected this summer, will hang ominously over...
Tags: Lawyers, Television Industry, Joe Biden, Television, Radio
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Day trip: Presidential excursions
Gettysburg, Pa. Historic Gettysburg Honor Presidents Day with a trip to the town where Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address and near Dwight D. Eisenhower's farm. In addition to the Civil War battlefield, there is the Soldiers' National Cemetery...Tags: Atlantic City (Atlantic, New Jersey), Martha Washington, Marriage, Family, Abraham Lincoln
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Pitts: Exhibit A for African-Americans brainwashed by the Democrats
I just read Leonard Pitts' column in the Baltimore Sun ('Our blacks' vs. 'their blacks': Why conservatives shouldn't talk about race," Nov. 6). Based on what I have read, he is "Exhibit A" for the African-Americans who have been "brainwashed" by the...Tags: Minority Groups, World War II (1939-1945), Richard Nixon, Civil Rights, Riots
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Herman Cain: Scandals just don't kill a candidacy like they used to
Once again, temporarily at least, scandal has mesmerized American politics. This time the target is Herman Cain, the up-from-nowhere restaurant executive who is battling back against the latest sexual harassment or misconduct allegations that have...Tags: Minority Groups, Adlai Stevenson, Newt Gingrich, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton
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West Laurel: Mark your calendars for upcoming holiday events
President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919 to honor all World War I veterans. Over the years, the day expanded to honor veterans of all wars. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the holiday into law in 1954. Nov. 11 has...Tags: Defense, Veterans Affairs, Woodrow Wilson, Prince George's County, Armistice Day
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William J. Nauman Jr., quality manager
Baltimore Sun reporterWilliam John Nauman Jr., a retired Verizon quality manager, died Nov. 17 of a brain tumor at St. Joseph Medical Center. He was 78. The son of a Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. lineman and a homemaker was born in Baltimore and raised on Beaumont Avenue...Tags: Elizabeth II, Vincent de Paul, Hospitals and Clinics, Christianity, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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At Laurel Park, neighbors celebrate century of glamor and grit
Just about every Friday morning, Karen Lubieniecki takes a leisurely stroll to Laurel Park, finds a place along a railing at the nearly empty racetrack and spends an hour or so watching the horses exercise as the sun climbs the sky.
It isn't that she's a...Tags: American Red Cross, History, Led Zeppelin (music group), Companies and Corporations, The Jockey Club Incorporated
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Explorer Scouts hear talk on leadership from Eisenhower 50 years ago
100 Years Ago Woodbine Notes "Mrs. A.W. Hoffman of Baltimore is visiting relatives near here; Mrs. Eugene Trayer and children visited her sister, Mrs. Fleming, last week; Mrs. M.C. Mills spent one day last week with Mrs. Robert Pickett here; Mr....Tags: Patterson Park, Ellicott City, Family, Marriage, Patapsco
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