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Milt Program Guide Feb 09
Staff reporterMONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND A NIGHT WITH MICHAEL PENNINGTON Tonight we will be joined by an accomplished British Shakespearean actor, namely Michael Pennington. We’ll discuss Shakespeare, Pennington’s long and distinguished career, and the one-...Tags: Al Gore, Corporate Crime, Richard Nixon, Elections, Family
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Extension 720 Audio Archives, January 2007
Staff reporterMilt leads and overview of Victorian literature--including discussion of Charles Dickens, Matthew Arnold, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Darwin and more--with Lawrence Poston, professor emeritus of English at the University of Illinois Chicago, and Micael...Tags: Anthropology, Chicago, Education, Judaism, Mel Gibson
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Extension 720 October 2009 Program Guide
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH SAMUEL JOHNSON In honor of the 300th anniversary of the birth of poet, essayist, critic, and lexicographer Samuel Johnson, we welcome to the studio June Sawyers, a Johnson expert and writer of a one-man play based on the life of...Tags: Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, Dining and Drinking, Education, Biology
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A crime against motherhood
My mom's first day of motherhood was one of the happiest of her life. It was also one of the worst. She had accompanied my dad from Sri Lanka to Washington State University in 1968, so he could complete his doctorate as a Fulbright Scholar. The school...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Racism, Biotechnology
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Ben Carson and the evolution-morality debate
Almost 500 Emory University faculty and students have expressed their dismay that their commencement speaker on Monday does not toe the ideological line when it comes to evolutionary biology. Yes — gasp — the renowned Johns Hopkins...
Tags: Human Rights, Education, Health, Biology, Teachers
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Now at Carmike Cinema 9: Fang-delightful?
Dark Shadows Tim Burton and Johnny Depp are snuggled warmly in their comfort zone in this chilly horror-comedy, their eighth collaboration as director and star, respectively, and their weakest by far. You don't need to know a thing about the ''Dark...
Tags: Helena Bonham Carter, Robert Downey Jr., Hugh Grant, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (movie), Jackie Earle Haley
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Letters: Marriage and North Carolina
Re "N.C. passes marriage law," May 9 We may not like what our neighbors say or do, but as long as it's not hurting us, we accept it so we can live together peacefully. Accepting gay marriage is much the same. Denying a group of people the simple...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Marriage, Joe Biden, Elections, Same-Sex Marriage
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Reel Critics: Two for the money
The great stuff of superheroes This could also be called "Cash of the Titans." Featuring many classic Marvel Comics characters and a fun cast, "The Avengers" is the Super Bowl of superheroes. It's nearly 2 ½ hours of wisecracking, overblown annihilation....
Tags: Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Hugh Grant, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Renner, Scarlett Johansson
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National Day of Prayer v. National Day of Reason
The Religion WorldReligion News Service writer Kimberly Winston has this story about atheists countering the National Day of Prayer on Wednesday with their own National Day of Reason: As millions of Americans bow their heads Thursday, May 3, for the annual National Day... -
Movie review: 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits' plunder and please
It's not often noted in the history books, but Queen Victoria simply couldn't stand pirates. In fact, the words "I Hate Pirates" are prominently carved on the royal crest. You could look it up. Well, actually, you can't, because the wacky folks at...
Tags: Movies, Hugh Grant, The Pirates! Band of Misfits (movie), Entertainment, Jeremy Piven
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Aardman's Peter Lord explains one frame from 'The Pirates!'
Chicago Tribune reporterAsked to explain the Aardman Animations sensibility, asked if he could put a finger on the house style of the idiosyncratic little studio he co-founded in England 40 years ago, Peter Lord, left, dithered, then finally blurted: . There's really no other...Tags: Movies, Hugh Grant, Coraline (movie), Pixar Animation, The Pirates! Band of Misfits (movie)
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With 'The Pirates! Band of Misfits,' the treasure's in the details ✭✭✭
Maniacally inventive and tightly packed, if not overpacked, "The Pirates! Band of Misfits" comes from the Aardman animation folks behind Wallace & Gromit, "Chicken Run" and, more recently, "Arthur Christmas." Their latest may be easier to admire than to...
Tags: Piracy, Movies, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Entertainment, Peter Lord
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