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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: Abraham Lincoln, George H.W. Bush, Al Gore, Richard Pryor, Woody Allen
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Milt Program Guide April 09
Staff reporterWEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST INTERNET ONLY Tune in to our special Internet-only broadcast as Milt presides (live!) over a replay of a classic program. We begin around 8:30pm with a musical introduction, with the program beginning promptly at 9pm. Listen only at...Tags: Roosevelt University, James Carroll, John F. Kennedy, Companies and Corporations, Rape
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Sarajevo with tears: Another walk down Logavina Street
Jacket CopyBarbara Demick says that" real Sarajevans don’t like to talk about the war," but her book, "Logavina Street," follows the lives of a small community during the conflict. It has been re-released, with additional materials, commemorating the 20th... -
A time for peace, pastors say
Chicagoans know NATO holds the potential for traffic snarls, broken windows and clashes between police and protesters. But there are some holding out hope that it also offers promise for economic justice and peace. As most of the city focuses on the...
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Toppling Syrian Regime Key To Throttling Iran
The Hartford CourantImperial regimes can crack when they are driven out of their major foreign outposts. The fall of the Berlin Wall did not just signal the liberation of Eastern Europe from Moscow. It prefigured the collapse of the Soviet Union itself just two years later....Tags: Iraq, Hamas, Bashar Assad, Iran, Russia
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'The Iron Lady' review: Memorable performance, forgettable movie
RedEye movie critic**1/2 (out of four) Much of “The Iron Lady” features post-retirement, ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep) doddering around the house, imagining that her deceased husband (Jim Broadbent) is still hanging around with her....Tags: Entertainment, Nelson Mandela, Concerts, Jim Broadbent, Mamma Mia! (movie)
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Christa Wolf dies at 82; celebrated German writer
Christa Wolf, one of Germany's most celebrated writers for her depictions of life in the former communist East, but who was later damaged by revelations she collaborated with its secret police, has died. She was 82.
Wolf died Thursday in Berlin,...Tags: Berlin (Germany), University of Oxford, Literature, The Getty, Political Systems
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Homestead tax credit does its job
I must congratulate your reporters for their investigative report on property taxes that recently appeared in The Sun ("Distorted discount," Dec. 18). The fact that the reporters uncovered instances where multiple Homestead tax credits have been taken is...Tags: Property Tax, Politics, Taxation, Credit and Debt, Tax Credits
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Migrant march visits cemetery
Staff WriterHOLTVILLE — Brawley resident Susana Salazar was one of the first volunteers to make wooden crosses for the graves of the unidentified migrants buried at the back of the Terrace Park Cemetery. “I was one of the first ones to leave water...Tags: Politics, Activism
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The overlooked Reagan legacy: Decency
Every Republican presidential candidate claims to be the heir to Ronald Reagan's legacy. For years, Republican partisans have carried Reagan's memory before them as the ancient Israelites carried the Ark of the Covenant. Just invoking his name proved your...Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Republican Party, Abortion, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Abortion Issue
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German author Christa Wolf has died
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Suspicious minds: why doping always is on mine
One day at the 1997 World Track and Field Championships in Athens, Greece, the Sunday Times of London writer David Walsh asked me if I were writing about doping in every story.
This was a few years before Walsh published two books about Lance Armstrong,...Tags: Entertainment, Carl Lewis, Radio Industry, Health, Sprint Cycling
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