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Former U.S. Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy (Feb. 22, 1932 - Aug. 25, 2009) served 37 years as senator for the state of Massachusetts before dying of brain cancer. At the time of his death, he was the third-longest serving senator in U.S. history and was the second-longest active senator in Congress, having held the position since 1962. Kennedy was the youngest of nine children and brother of former President John F. Kennedy and former New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy was known as a "liberal lion" for his strong stance and liberal ideology while in politics. In 1980, he ran an unsuccessful bid for the presidency. He left behind a wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, and three children, Edward...
Former U.S. Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy (Feb. 22, 1932 - Aug. 25, 2009) served 37 years as senator for the state of Massachusetts before dying of brain cancer. At the time of his death, he was the third-longest serving senator in U.S. history and was the second-longest active senator in Congress, having held the position since 1962. Kennedy was the youngest of nine children and brother of former President John F. Kennedy and former New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Kennedy was known as a "liberal lion" for his strong stance and liberal ideology while in politics. In 1980, he ran an unsuccessful bid for the presidency. He left behind a wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, and three children, Edward M. Kennedy Jr., Kara Anne Kennedy and Patrick Kennedy.
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Jul 30, 2009
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Obama's Medals of Freedom: 'Change'
The Swamp
by Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama, attempting to spotlight several "agents of change,'' today announced that he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, on a cast of living and deceased figures...Highlights
Jul 30, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Obama's Medals of Freedom: 'Change'
The Swamp
by Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama, attempting to spotlight several "agents of change,'' today announced that he will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, on a cast of living and deceased figures...
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Five decades of fiction
Our story Our book club started meeting 48 years ago and we've been discussing books ever since. The original members were young, married women who'd just had their first children and wanted to stay intellectually active. Over the course of almost five...
Tags: Isabel Allende, Philip Roth
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Everyman Theatre sets season of premieres
Everyman Theatre will split its 2012-2013 season between two venues, but a common thread unifies the plays — all are Baltimore premieres.
There will be six works in all, up from the usual five. The lineup includes recent works by such notable...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Lobbying, Entertainment, Music, Concerts
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'Downton Abbey' star Dan Stevens cast in Broadway's 'The Heiress'
Dan Stevens, who plays Matthew Crawley in the transatlantic hit television drama "Downton Abbey," will make his Broadway debut later this year in a revival of "The Heiress," starring Jessica Chastain. Stevens will play the role of Morris Townsend, a...
Tags: Richard Chamberlain, Downton Abbey (tv program), Peter Hall, David Strathairn, Jerome Kern
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'Arcadia' forces aligned; 'Henry V' focus split
"Arcadia" It's a common, if not entirely fair, knock on Tom Stoppard that his intellectually omnivorous plays have more head than heart — an artificial division upended by the questions raised by his best works. In "Arcadia," now receiving a...
Tags: Arts and Culture, World War II (1939-1945)
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Charles Newell is on an amazing theatrical roll at Court Theatre
Charles Newell's office is spotless. Unnervingly tidy. Standing in it makes you feel as though you have intruded on a magazine photo shoot about anal-retentive work environments. His desk, which looks out onto 55th Street in Hyde Park, gleams: There's not...
Tags: Celebrities, Goodman Theatre, Civil Rights, The Empire Strikes Back (movie), FBI
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Barney Rosset dies at 89; publisher fought censorship
Barney Rosset, the renegade founder of Grove Press who fought groundbreaking legal battles against censorship and introduced American readers to such provocative writers as Harold Pinter, Samuel Beckett, Eugene Ionesco and Jean Genet, died Tuesday in...Tags: Greenwich Village, Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett, Book, Susan Sontag
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Studio On The Run: 'Covert Affairs' Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy
PIX11.comCovert Affairs actor Sendhil Ramamurthy hopped on the Dunkin Donuts Studio On The Run to talk about: never wanting to be an actor, being pre-med and his parents remind him of it every day, playing an intern on the pilot to Grey's Anatomy, his first acting...Tags: Grey's Anatomy (tv program), Celebrities, Entertainment, Genes and Chromosomes, Hosni Mubarak
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PASSINGS: John Wood, Charles L. Gittens
John Wood
Award-winning British actor
John Wood, 81, a British actor who won a Tony Award in 1976 for his role in the Broadway production of Tom Stoppard's "Travesties," died Saturday in his sleep inEngland, his agent announced.
Best known for his...Tags: University of Oxford, Theater, Heart Attack, Sherlock Holmes (movie), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Timothy Douglas' plans for 'shaking down' Remy Bumppo
"Well, let's be honest," said Timothy Douglas, over a coffee in Evanston the other day. "There aren't many people who look like me running theater companies that look like Remy Bumppo."
Douglas, the new artistic director of that very Chicago company, was...Tags: David Hare, Minority Groups, Celebrities, Rentals, Harold Pinter
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Fall 2011: Top 10 plays to watch
Scores of shows are opening in Chicago this fall. Here are 10 productions to anticipate with particular relish.
'Follies'
Just a few weeks after the opening of the Broadway transfer of the Kennedy Center revival, Chicago director Gary Griffin stages...Tags: Mark Rothko, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre, Stephen Schwartz, Celebrities
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'Or,' tells playwright's tale of intrigue; more fizzle than 'Sizzle'
"Or,"
***1/2Traveler, lover, playwright, spy — Aphra Behn’s improbable careers could have filled a few John Le Carre novels. The 17th century author of “The Rover” is cited most often as the first woman who earned her living...Tags: Weather, Global Change, Ecosystems, Flatiron, Espionage and Intelligence
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