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Allan Powell: Ayn Rand's dream is a nightmare
The “Age of Greed” authored by Jeff Madrick, an economic columnist for The New York Times, might be considered by some as just another treatise on our latest economic collapse. This would not be a fair assessment of this fine book because it...Tags: Bain Capital, LLC, Religion and Belief, The New York Times, Mark Twain, Piracy
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Franklin County Fair pageant is Monday, Aug. 20
A few young ladies will realize their dreams Monday, Aug. 20, when they're crowned Franklin County Fair Queen, Princess or Little Miss, during the annual contests. The Franklin County Fairgrounds, which is off Warm Springs Road, southwest of...
Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), James Buchanan, Elementary Schools, Hamilton Heights, Franklin County (Pennsylvania)
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New WCPS curriculum aims to better prepare students for college, careers
julieg@herald-mail.comWhen the new school year begins, one of the first assignments Luanne Murphy’s seventh-grade class at Smithsburg Middle School will be given is to read a biography of cyclist Lance Armstrong. Students will use the Internet to read more current...Tags: Education, Teachers, Colleges and Universities, Students, Electronics
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Allan Powell: Kings of the mountain exposed, Part 1
When we were kids, we earned some small change by selling burlap bags of corn cobs that we got free from a huge pile of cobs at Stickles' Mill on Baltimore Street. In those days (circa 1935), many homes cooked on coal stoves using corn cobs as kindling...Tags: Thomas Carlyle, Karl Marx, Science and Technology
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POWELL: Leo Tolstoy - A flawed saint
“Tolstoy: A Russian Life,” written by Rosamund Bartlett, is a stellar, compelling, revealing and rewarding biography. Tolstoy was a larger-than-life personality who commands attention, admiration and disgust in about equal proportions. Like...Tags: Charles Dickens, Religion and Belief, France
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Letters to the Editor - Dec. 19
Mrs. Marjorie Grumbacher has been 'mom' to many To the editor: It was my privilege to attend a wonderful evening Nov. 17, celebrating an outstanding lady in our community, Marjorie Grumbacher. No, this evening was not spent at a club or fancy meeting...Tags: Auction Service, Human Interest, World War II (1939-1945), White House, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Webb introduced as newest MCTC warden
andrews@herald-mail.comMaryland Correctional Training Center’s newest warden said he doesn’t take his duties lightly. “I’m trying to make the best decisions, the most ethical, right decisions for the institution, regardless of the outcome ....,”...Tags: Prisons, Employees, Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Career and Workplace, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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A bit of history returns to local roots
The headlines in the Saturday, Feb. 19, Herald-Mail announced the intention of VT Industries to move one of its plants in Shelbyville, Ind., to Washington County. There are nine Shelby counties and probably as many towns named to honor Isaac Shelby. It is...Tags: Minority Groups, Washington County, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Tennessee
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USMH celebrates this year's graduates
andrews@herald-mail.comThe University System of Maryland at Hagerstown celebrated the sweat, toil and sacrifice of this year's graduating class on Wednesday, while giving out awards to some students. The annual graduation celebration honored the 159 USMH students getting...Tags: Sports, Science, Graduation, Nursing, Football
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Bruce Springsteen's minutiae on display in 'Bruce'
In the mid-80s my high school choir director was Lena McLin, a legendary music teacher with an impressive and diverse list of mentees (R. Kelly, Mandy Patinkin, opera diva Jonita Lattimore). But Dr. McLin had little interest in rock music, so it was a...
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Brian Wilson, Entertainment, Mandy Patinkin, Paul McCartney
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Why I'll never write a book
‘You should write a book.” Or, “Why don't you write a book?” Or, “Have you ever thought about writing a book?” Are you detecting a theme here? Anyone who writes for a living — anyone that is, with a mother...Tags: Ellen Warren, Book, Finance, Harry Potter (fictional character), Russell Feingold
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Richard Ben Cramer, Pulitzer Prize winner, dies at 62
Richard Ben Cramer, a former Baltimore Sun reporter who later became a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for The Philadelphia Inquirer and an acclaimed author chronicling the lives of politicians and legendary sports figures, died Monday of...
Tags: Sports Illustrated, Michael Hill, Chestertown, New York Yankees, Graduation
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