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Letter to the Editor - Jan. 8
Free Trade Agreement hasn’t done what was promised To the editor: Despite some opposition from the congressional Democrats, President Obama signed the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea, Panama and Colombia. He declared that the agreement...Tags: Parties and Movements, Trade Agreements, Politics, Republican Party, Economic Organization
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Shuster faces Franklin County foe in House contest
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA Democratic challenger from Franklin County, Pa., is eyeing the U.S. House of Representatives’ ninth district seat long held by a Republican. Voters headed to the polls Nov. 6 will be choosing between incumbent Bill Shuster and his opponent, Karen...Tags: Primaries, Politics, Trade Dispute, Abraham Lincoln, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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Mail Call - Sept. 10
“What is happening to Hagerstown? You can’t go down one street or highway thatthere isn’t trash everywhere. Stop at the lights, and there’s cigarette butts everywhere, at the Exxon on the Dual Highway, and at the lights at the...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Politics, Parties and Movements, Burger King, Crime, Law and Justice
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No good can come of nations cooperating with each other
timr@herald-mail.comI want to go back to the days when I didn't know the names of any European leaders (with the exception of France, whose leaders' antics were always highly amusing) and, beyond that, had no need to know the names of any European leaders. Perhaps I am...Tags: Politics, William Henry Harrison, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, Globalization
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Upcoming business events in the Lehigh Valley
SATURDAYMAY 4 COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY is offering the "First Time Homebuyer's Class" in English today, May 11 and 18, 8:15 a.m, to 1 p.m., at Victory Firehouse, 205 Webster St., Bethlehem. Free. Info: Amy, 484-893-1038. LEHIGH...Tags: Marketing, Lehigh University, Trade Dispute, Center Valley, Colleges and Universities
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Get rid of tariffs on trans-Atlantic trade
Within a few months, the U.S. and European Union will formally launch free-trade talks. Now is the time to think big. After years of neglect, this trade relationship is ripe for improvement. Europe is suffering through a prolonged economic downturn...
Tags: Contracts, Genetic Engineering, Trade Agreements, Prescription Drugs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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Memo to Emery: Draft starters. Plural.
My issue isn’t that Bears General Manager Phil Emery has fewer draft picks than he has positional needs. Every GM has fewer picks than he has needs. Just ask them. But for those of you keeping score at home, Tribune football guru Dan Pompei did...
Tags: Evan Rodriguez, Chicago Bears, Crime, Law and Justice, Jay Cutler, Justice System
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How Republicans raided the welfare state and left it flat broke
I would like to add some points to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich's column "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). Mr. Ehrlich fails to mention the fact that every president since Lyndon Johnson, beginning in 1964, has raided the Social Security...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Politics, Trade Dispute
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Bid to ban commercial trade in polar bears fails
An unusual coalition between the U.S. and Russia to win an international ban on commercial trade of polar bear parts failed Thursday. Meeting in Bangkok, delegates to the 176-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted down a U....Tags: Hunting, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council
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Hugo Chavez: Admired and despised by readers
For just as many reasons readers found to sneer at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer, others found reasons to praise the late strongman. While several readers slammed Chavez for behaving like a dictator and...
Tags: Poverty, Jimmy Carter, Hugo Chavez, Trade Agreements, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida)
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State of the union
In the State of the Union address, President Obama implied that his pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement will create jobs. I don't buy it. The legacy of past pacts on which the TPP is modeled has been job destruction, not job...Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Career and Workplace, Trade Dispute, Barack Obama
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Nebraska governor's tax plans face more resistance
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Tim Kelliher paid more than $19,000 in state income taxes in 2011, an amount that could vanish in future years, depending on what happens to Gov. Dave Heineman's two tax proposals. But on Feb. 7, the Kearney farm producer made his...Tags: Politics, Dave Heineman, Crime, Law and Justice, Trade Dispute, Travel
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