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Mcfarlin House a gem in historic old Quincy
Special to the Sun-SentinelAmong the eight cities in the United States named Quincy is the seat of Gadsden County, 16 miles northwest of Tallahassee. Originally settled in 1828 and named for then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, it was chartered three years later when Adams...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Livestock Farming, Robert Burns, Coca-Cola Co., Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning
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Statehood backer built Quincy home
Special to the Sun-SentinelFor a fascinating introduction to the rich history of Florida, Quincy is a good place to start. Founded in 1825 and named for U.S. Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, it is the administrative center of Gadsden County, which is named for the...Tags: Death, Suicide, Robert Burns, Executive Branch, England
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Amistad
TIMES FILM CRITICWednesday December 10, 1997 While it's tempting but unfair to see him as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Steven Spielberg does have a split in his filmmaking personality. The work of America's most successful director has in recent years alternated between...Tags: Jurassic Park (movie), John F. Williams, Matthew McConaughey, John Adams, Television
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'Never Met Picasso'
Times Staff WriterMargot Kidder is back, looking far too young and beautiful to be the mother of a 30-year-old son, and giving a beguiling performance as an easygoing parent in Stephen Kijak's skittish "Never Met Picasso." It's a wry comedy, decidedly on the callow side,...Tags: Matthew McConaughey, Anthony Crivello, Tom Petty, Billy Zane, Graham Greene
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George W. Bush: The son also rises
The Chicago TribuneThe name made the man. And the man made the most of the name. Over the course of the life of George Walker Bush, his name and all it symbolizes have been defining features. Time and again, opportunity--inextricably linked with being a Bush--knocked,...Tags: Chicago Tribune, World War II (1939-1945), William Sloane Coffin, U.S. Senate, Illegal Immigrants
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A dozen visual gems you probably won't find listed in a travel guide
- Details atop entrances and exits to Quincy "L" stop (Wells and Quincy Streets). Decorative chess pawns were a part of the original station structure, at the base of slanted roofs covering the staircases, in the late 19th Century. They disappeared before...Tags: Palmer House Hilton, World War II (1939-1945), Sculpture, Lobbying, Bank of America Corp.
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Slavery And The Persistent Memory
In any culture, the past and present swirl around each other, touching and, in some sense, changing the other. During the recently ended rebel war in Sierra Leone, as during the slave trade, people made desperate choices to protect themselves and their...Tags: Anthony Hopkins, England, Science, DVDs and Movies, Elizabeth II
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Producing films, by way of Jersey
Times Staff WriterSeeing him sitting in a cramped trailer on a film set, dressed in all black except for a pair of purple flower-patterned socks, his cell phone constantly chirping, it's hard to imagine that Michael Shamberg has ever been anything but a movie producer....Tags: Quentin Tarantino, Comedy (genre), Sony Corp., Method Man, Cinema Industry
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Was there a Dearborn? A landmarks primer
Tribune staff reporterBurnham Hotel: Daniel Burnham, a visionary architect and urban planner, was the chief of construction and director of works of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 and co-author of the far-sighted 1909 Plan of Chicago. Carson Pirie Scott &...Tags: John Adams, History, Thomas Jefferson, Labor Legislation, James Monroe
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