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Theresa Rebeck's "O Beautiful" : Thank You, Jesus. You, Too, Ben Franklin.
The show: Connecticut Repertory Theatre's production of Theresa Rebeck's “O Beautiful” First Impressions: Playwright and TV writer Theresa Rebeck creates a messy, melodramatic work as she attempts to deal with the issues of school bullying,...
Tags: Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Storrs, Arts and Culture, Health and Safety at School, Talk Shows (genre)
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How are Romney, Obama connected to the arts?
The Washington PostArt hardly ever comes up as a campaign issue in presidential elections. But once voters decide, the artistic tastes of the first family become well known from the pieces they choose to adorn the White House. Barack Obama has long taken pride in his...Tags: Politics, Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, Fine Artists, Artists, International Organizations
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'The President Was Here!' looks at chief executives who spent time in Lehigh Valley
They came here for our votes, and left us their dirty coffee cups, empty beer glasses and even locks of hair. First on horseback, then by train and by Air Force One, 24 presidents have visited the Lehigh Valley, not to mention vice presidents,...
Tags: Politics, Richard Nixon, here! (tv network), Entertainment, Allentown
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8/12/2012-Welcome To Connecticut Mr. President
We're missing out on not being a battleground state in this year's presidential election. I mean, there's a lot of evil campaign commercials out there that we don't get to see. I feel cheated. Campaign commercials are designed to make the other guy...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Ann Romney, Mitt Romney, Elections
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The United States is more than a country
The United States of America is the embodiment of the struggle of humanity to rise from the tyranny of feudalistic oppression. It is a laboratory where great experiments to discover the limits of human potential are performed. To quote from Thomas Paine&...Tags: Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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5 Men That History Says Were important But Never Played For The Saints
On the 28th of June, 1776, 5 men strolled into Philadelphia’s Independence Hall with a document in hand. While most Americans today can name 10-15 members of their favorite football or basketball teams how many can name those five? Oh and the...
Tags: Conservative Party (UK), Henry Lee, Long Island
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Lesson: Letter from an Iraqi refugee
Contributing columnist(Editor’s note: Today we introduce a new columnist. James Duane Bolin, a professor of history at Murray State University, will be writing “Home and Away” on a weekly basis. Bolin is an accomplished writer with several books and other...Tags: Authors, Thomas Jefferson, Politics, Saddam Hussein, Newspaper and Magazine
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Compromise Part Of 'Spirit Of '76'
The Declaration of Independence, announced 236 years ago today by the Second Continental Congress, is the birth certificate of the United States of America. Its famous words are, or should be, known to all: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Thomas Jefferson, Republican Party, United Kingdom
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Education key to keeping America free, prosperous
Guest columnistHaving just celebrated another Fourth of July holiday, it’s critical that we grasp how important an educated citizenry is to maintaining our nation’s independence. I’m certain that America itself would not have happened without...Tags: Cato Corporation, Interior Policy, Thomas Jefferson, Politics, Separation of Church and State
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Historic document thief sentenced to 7 years in prison
Barry H. Landau, the once-esteemed collector of presidential memorabilia, was sentenced seven years in federal prison Wednesday for stealing thousands of historic documents from archives and libraries in Baltimore and up the East Coast. The 64-year-old...
Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Prisons, John James Audubon, Theft, Connecticut Historical Society
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Paycheck Fairness Act: Good politics, good policy
If Maryland's resident pit bull, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, has demonstrated anything in her several decades in Congress and as dean of Senate women, it's a willingness to stand up for the less powerful in society, and she was at it again this week advocating...
Tags: Barbara A. Mikulski, Employment, Politics, Feminism, Parties and Movements
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Adams High student group takes stand against discrimination
A group of South Bend students say they're standing up for equal rights. The Queer Straight Alliance from John Adams High School is asking the school board to change the corporation's by-laws to include sexual orientation and gender identity in the...
Tags: Bullying, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Human Rights, Companies and Corporations
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