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Etch A Sketch was a portrait of frustration
I remember the Etch A Sketch. I hated Etch A Sketch. I hated the adult who would give me Etch A Sketches on the presumption that it would amuse me, rather than driving me nuts from its inability to represent the arc of a curve. In other words, Mitt...
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CBS newsman Mike Wallace dies at 93
AP Television WriterCBS newsman Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make “60 Minutes” the most...Tags: William Styron, Heart Surgery, Music, Journalism, Vietnam
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Frederick F. Otto
janeth@herald-mail.comEditor's note: Each Sunday, The Herald-Mail runs "A Life Remembered." Each story in this continuing series takes a look back — through the eyes of family, friends, co-workers and others — at a member of the community who died recently. Today's...Tags: Religion and Belief, Macular Degeneration, College Sports, World War II (1939-1945), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Allan Powell: Leadership and mental illness
Several years ago I had the good fortune to hear a neurologist give a professional paper about his post-mortem study of three historic figures with the goal of finding what relationship (if any) might exist between leadership and a nagging physical...Tags: Winston Churchill, Religion and Belief, Prescription Drugs, Physical Disabilities, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Mail Call - Dec. 27
“A reduced federal budget would be easy to achieve. Find the right percentage amount and cut everyone that amount. The Republicans, however, are pursuing the route of using their hit list. Do you like clean air and water? They don’t. Do you...Tags: Politics, Unemployment Benefits, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Interior Policy, Republican Party
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Art Callaham: Gerrymandering, Part II
Before Christmas, I wrote a column concerning the history of gerrymandering and promised a little more about the subject. Gerrymandering, as you may recall, has become a political tool to make or sometimes break control of a geographic area by grouping...Tags: Politics, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Regional Authority, Customs and Tradition
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Allan Powell: Was Bush-Cheney era worse than Watergate?
With the recent publication of former President George W. Bush’s memoirs, “Decision Point,” in which he defends most of his record, another opinion is very relevant. John Dean, whose testimony helped drive President Richard Nixon from...Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), Iraq, Democratic Party, Colin Powell, International Military Interventions
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Mail Call - Sept. 27
“Clear Spring caller who doesn’t want government involved in recycling: How do you feel about county government owning and operating a landfill with your tax dollars? Do you also have ‘private options available’ for waste...Tags: Politics, Waste, Democratic Party, Censorship, Chicago Housing Authority
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George E. Koons, 70
George Eugene Koons, 70, of Falling Waters, W.Va., passed away Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. Born Dec. 23, 1940, in Waynesboro, Pa., he was the son of the late Watson Eugene and Helen Marie Kauffman Koons. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Patricia...Tags: American Legion, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Gainesville, U.S. Air Force
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Death of man pulled from burning pickup truck under investigation
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA Falling Waters, W.Va., man who was pulled from a burning pickup truck Thursday morning on Virginia Avenue in Halfway was pronounced dead at the scene, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office said. Authorities were trying to determine what caused...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Air Force, Cancer, White House
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Paterno to retire at end of season
Joe Paterno, the Penn State football coach who preached success with honor for half a century but whose legend was shattered by a child sex abuse scandal, said Wednesday he will retire at the end of this season.
Paterno said he was “absolutely...Tags: Jack Ham, Eddie Robinson, Mike Krzyzewski , Nebraska Cornhuskers, The Pennsylvania State University
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Ralph D. Albertazzie's estate sale "unique because of who he was"
richardb@herald-mail.comA Sept. 18, 1997, copy of Andrews (AFB) Field News was among dozens of newspapers, magazines, clippings and other memorabilia sold Saturday at Ralph D. Albertazzie's estate sale. Albertazzie, who flew Air Force One more than 275,000 miles during...Tags: Politics, Vietnam War (1955-1975), White House, Henry Kissinger, Golda Meir
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