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Doughnuts as a symbol of consumer culture
Dining@LargeMy earlier post on Krispy Kreme's woes reminded me of a press release I got on a new book, Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut by Paul R. Mullins, associate professor and chair of anthropology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis:...Tags: Purdue University, Arts and Culture, Commuting, Indiana University, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
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Hillary: Answers
Spin CycleClinton is delivering her opening statement -- delivering a lecture on the importance of diplomacy and "smart power," which unfortunately she didn't seem to grasp when she voted to go to war in Iraq in 2002. Her opening statement is......Tags: Diplomacy, Peace Negotiations, Drug Trafficking, Petroleum Industry, Conservation
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Hillary Clinton: Secretary of State-to-be
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated We are hearing familiar words today, at the Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing for Sen. Hillary Clinton's nomination as secretary of state -- words heard in President Bush's many various statements on the potential of....Tags: Diplomacy, Peace Negotiations, Massachusetts, Drug Trafficking, Petroleum Industry
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Obama's dress code: 'Pull up your pants'
The Swampby David Zucchino DURHAM, N.C. - When candidate Barack Obama told MTV viewers in November that "brothers should pull up their pants," Kent Williams Jr. was thinking the same thing. Williams, the student body president at North Carolina Central University,...Tags: Minority Groups, Fashion Trends, Barack Obama, Government, North Carolina
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President, prof, police: 'This one's for you'
The Swampby Mark Silva It was Sgt. James Crowley, the Cambridge police officer who led Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. Jr., out of his own home in handcuffs, who suggested to President Barack Obama, who first criticized the arrest as stupid......Tags: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Barack Obama, Vernon Jordan, Government, White House
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Obama, Maliki: Iraqi security promising
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, hailing the transfer of authority inside Iraq's cities to Iraqi military forces, acknowledged today that "differences in strategy'' remain to be resolved, but voiced satisfaction with the level of security in the war-...Tags: Barack Obama, Government, White House, Heads of State, New York
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Henry Gates: Harvard for sergeant's kids
The Swampby Mark Silva Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he's looking forward to his next talk with Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley, maybe lunch, maybe dinner with the families, maybe getting the officer's kids into Harvard -- if the......Tags: Minority Groups, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Barack Obama, Government, White House
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Michelle Obama's Roots: Gates' way
The Swampby Mark Silva The genealogic discovery of a white great-great-great grandfather in the family tree of First Lady Michelle Obama is a quintessential American coda to a year of living divisively. The genealogist Megan Smolenyak, who spent several months in....Tags: National Basketball Association, Minority Groups, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Barack Obama, Europe
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Healthcare, TEA Parties, racism, rancor
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated Sunday morning There was quite a scene outside the Capitol today, where the House was embroiled in debate over passage of a healthcare bill that President Barack Obama is demanding. Protesters amassed, and some of......Tags: Civil Rights, Jimmy Carter, Culture, Demonstration, John Lewis
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Quintana's emergence comes at right time
On a Monday night flight that originated in Barranquilla, Colombia, Abel Quintana landed in Chicago and the new world of opportunity created suddenly by his son's baseball career. Out of nowhere over the weekend, Jose Quintana arrived as a major league...
Tags: Kenny Williams, Minor League Baseball, Cliff Lee, Andre Ethier, New York Yankees
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Dodger great Carl Erskine: Pitching equality
Jackie Robinson changed baseball and the nation that loves it on April 15, 1947, when he became the first black player to walk onto a major league ball field. He changed Carl Erskine's life in March 1948, when Robinson, by then a Brooklyn Dodgers star,...
Tags: Trials, Civil Rights, World Series, Ku Klux Klan, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
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'Havana Blue': Finding inspiration in Cuba
As Afro-Cuban rhythms pulse on the sound system, the couples intertwine on the dance floor, swaying gently to the music. “With feeling!” implores choreographer Frank Chaves. “Make sure you're really touching bodies here … make...
Tags: River North, Artists, Slavery, Fine Artists, Entertainment Events
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