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Obama's search for greatness should begin with unity . . .
Greatness is a tough gig. Now that President Obama has been sworn in for a second term, people are asking what he wants his legacy to be. Perhaps Obama asks himself: How will people remember me? This "me" component is alien to greatness and...Tags: Matzoh, Labor Legislation, Matzoh Balls, Immigration, Career and Workplace
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Uphold the Constitution
America's founding fathers clearly understood that a democracy could be very vulnerable to corruption; thus choosing instead to form a Constitutional Republic. In their apparent infinite wisdom, these educated men not only created a Constitution to...Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, National Government, Government
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Washington casts wary eye at Muslim Brotherhood
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama begins his second term straining to maintain a good relationship with Egypt, an important U.S. ally whose president is a conservative Islamist walking a fine line between acting as a moderate peace broker and...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Revolutions, Crime, Law and Justice, Hamas, White House
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Digest: Taft named Nationals' fifth racing president
Et cetera Taft named Nationals' fifth racing president One of the most popular baseball sideshows is the presidents mascots race during Nationals games in Washington, and the lineup just got a lot beefier with William Howard Taft joining the ranks of...Tags: Atlantic Coast Conference, Washington Nationals, National Football Conference, Ottawa Senators, National Football League
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Soup-to-go sale
Next on the calendar of fundraiser events for the Ebenezer AME Women’s Day is a soup-to-go sale Saturday, starting at 11 a.m. The soups will be chicken corn, chicken noodle, bean, vegetable and chili. The soup sale will be at Ebenezer AME...Tags: Babe Ruth, Museums, Denzel Washington, Lifestyle and Leisure, Soups
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Obama is a lame duck who knows how to quack
It's sometimes said that a lame-duck president is a weakened leader from the first day of his last term. The two-term limit of the 22nd Amendment, imposed by wrathful Republicans in 1951 in response to FDR's breach of the George Washington tradition, is...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Wars and Interventions, Jack Lew
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William D. Waxter III, securities analyst
William Deal Waxter III, a retired securities analyst and World War II veteran, died of a stroke Feb. 11 at Broadmead Retirement Community. The former Roland Park resident was 88.
Born in Baltimore and raised on Lombardy Place, he spent his summers at...Tags: Labor Day, Genesis (music group), Anglicanism, Engineering, Labor Legislation
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Back Story: Learning history on the road
Sharon Boston, media relations manager at University of Maryland Medical Center, normally spends her days fielding requests from the media. But when it comes to weekends and vacations, it's a safe bet that she's on the road, traveling to visit homes...
Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Santa Claus (fictional character), Andrew Johnson, White House, Easter
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Commentary: A forefather's forethought
When I retired five years ago after a career as a rather maverick newspaperman bristling at the restraints of corporate journalism, I vowed to speak what was in my heart and to say "yes" to just about everything. Being a yes-man instead of a naysayer has...Tags: Politics, Government
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O'Malley, lauding Washington, warns of 'hedonism'
Gov. Martin O'Malley told the Maryland Senate Monday night that if George Washington were to return to the State House in Annapolis, he would warn Americans against a "spirit of hedonism" imperiling the gains of the American Revolution. Delivering the...
Tags: Annapolis, Martin O'Malley, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Politics
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Night of nonsense
WASHINGTON -- In the 12 months we have to steel ourselves for the next State of the Union spectacle, let us count the ways that this spawn of democratic Caesarism -- presidency-worship -- has become grotesque. It would be the most embarrassing ceremony in...
Tags: Calvin Coolidge, Ronald Reagan, Career and Workplace, State of the Union Address, Weather
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JFK's bomber jacket sells at auction for $570,000
A leather bomber jacket worn by President John F. Kennedy fetched well more than 10 times the asking price at auction, an indication of the fascination the nation still has for the president who ushered in the upbeat era of Camelot after the political...
Tags: Auction Service, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, World War II (1939-1945)
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|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 18, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
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