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Mari D. Terman, 1935-2013
Mari D. Terman, a longtime hospital administrator who was active with the League of Women Voters, successfully ran for a seat on the Wilmette Village Board when she was 69 because she thought the body was too conservative. "She felt a more liberal...
Tags: Rush University Medical Center, Local Government, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, University of Chicago
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Indiana Jones: Mystery of University of Chicago package solved
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - latimes.comThe origins of the mysterious package that showed up Wednesday at the University of Chicago admissions office addressed to Henry ...... -
Field Museum and Oriental Institute launch bird exhibits
Taxidermy is not front and center at the Oriental Institute Museum's new ornithological exhibition That art form is better observed to the north, at the Field Museum, where the institution's Ronald and Christina Gidwitz Hall of Birds has recently been...Tags: Apple iPad, Museums, Egypt, Arts, Field Museum of Natural History
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Language offers rare insight into ancient Egyptians
Long before Facebook posts and tweets, long before letters with postage stamps, ancient middle and upper-middle-class Egyptians scrawled notes on pieces of clay pots and handed them to children who ran across the village to deliver the messages. The...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, University of Chicago, Family, Marriage
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Sticking with the apostles
Meet another member of South Florida's many-sided faith community. This week we're talking with the Rev. Michael Thomas, spiritual leader of Heart of Jesus Maronite Catholic Church in Fort Lauderdale. Q: If someone asked "What's a Maronite?", what...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Roman Catholicism, Rome (Italy), Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief
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Hyde Park: Grand buildings, grander sense of community
Tribune reporterThese days, it seems the South Side neighborhood of Hyde Park has been put on the map as the stomping grounds of President-elect Barack Obama. There are walking tours that show off his favorite restaurants and coffee shops, magazine and newspaper...Tags: Carol Moseley Braun, Museums, Gold Coast, Marshall Field, Architecture
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