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Reminders of sports successes among treasures at the Aberdeen Room [community]
Maryland is certainly known for its sports figures. Many successes in the sports world are credited to the state, and Aberdeen. The Aberdeen Room museum has been fortunate in having donations of sports memorabilia over its 25 years of operation. Display...Tags: U.S. Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Employees, World War II (1939-1945), Aberdeen
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Everyone's life is a story, so write it down for posterity [Senior Circles]
The inspiration for this column came from a local newspaper article I read about a "girl" with whom I went to high school for two years at St. Cecilia's Academy in Washington, D.C. This woman, whom I haven't seen since then, has always kept a low...Tags: Library of Congress, Fort Meade (military base), National Security Agency, World War II (1939-1945), NPR
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Greatest generation the most entitled
One thing nearly everybody agrees upon is that the "sequester" is a silly sideshow to the real challenge facing America: unsustainable spending on entitlements. Ironies abound. Democrats, with large support from young people, tend to believe that we...
Tags: Youth Organizations, White House, U.S. Congress, World War II (1939-1945), Government
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What went wrong at Aberdeen Proving Ground's Super Pond?
Shaped like a teardrop and carved out of the eastern bank of the Bush River, the UNDEX Test Facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground has earned the nickname "Super Pond" for its unusual properties. Viewed from above, the man-made pond looks much darker...
Tags: U.S. Army, Air and Space Accidents, Southeast Asia, Lakes and Ponds, Heart Attack
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When 'Negro' was in vogue
The Census Bureau announced last week that it is dropping the use of the term "Negro" to describe black Americans in its population surveys. I suspect few will mourn the word's passing. Today Americans of African descent, especially younger ones, almost...
Tags: NAACP, Tyler Perry, College Baseball, Slavery, Langston Hughes
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Fiscal crisis ahead is self inflicted [Commentary]
Drawing parallels between government spending policy and household finances has its perils. There's an extraordinary difference in scale, for one thing. And there's the matter that people will often argue against government debt on the grounds that debt...Tags: Government Debt, World War II (1939-1945), Germany, U.S. Department of Defense, Finance
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Finding harmful substances at Aberdeen Proving Ground no surprise [Editorial]
It doesn't really come as much of a shock that a small amount of radioactive material turned up in a salvage yard on Aberdeen Proving Ground. The post, after all, was established at a time when scientific research into radiation was in its infancy and...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Science
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Fiscal trench warfare
As the clock ticks down on the sequester solution to the nation's budget mess, it's looking more and more like a descent into World War I trench warfare. The two partisan sides are dug in, declining to surrender inches of policy and ideological territory,...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Mitt Romney, Joe Biden, Government, Republican Party
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Army says no risks from radioactive material found at APG's Edgewood area
The Army will hold a public information meeting in Edgewood next week to go over its findings in connection with a former salvage site on Aberdeen Proving Ground, where a small amount of radioactive material was found beginning in 2009. The material...
Tags: U.S. Army, Research, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Water, Aberdeen
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Is there a World War going on?
Editor: Someone once wrote that "war is hell!" Is this a worldwide, unnoticed, undeclared war now in existence? If there is a World Wide War, why is there only silence, why isn't the media reporting it? If there is a World Wide War are the Political...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Religious Conflicts
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1911 bank robbery attempt put Laurel in the spotlight
Laurel's Main Street in 1911 was a dirt road with vacant lots between businesses and houses, and the pace of traffic was slow. People on foot far outnumbered sputtering automobiles and pungent horse wagons, and walkers had to step lively to avoid piles of...
Tags: Newspapers, Bank Robbery, Anglicanism, Christianity, Theft
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Letter: Withdrawal from Iraq has jeopardized chance for giant shift in Middle East
I was pleased when the U.S. won its war against Iraq, which hopefully meant the establishment of the first democratic nation in the Middle East. That would be an accomplishment for the whole world to behold. The outcome placed Iraq in the category with...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Barack Obama, Iraq
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