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Making a difference on the dance floor
When Salwa Rizkalla's father signed her up for ballet lessons, she went to class begrudgingly.
But those lessons set the 10-year-old on a path to grandeur, first as a professional ballet dancer and later as a teacher.
The artistic director of...Tags: Government, Dance, Dance, Arts, Arts
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City Lights: Teaching and learning from a Libyan friend
I imagine she would still look the same. My flatmate was in her early 20s when I saw her last, and less than a decade has passed since then. When I see crowd photos of the uprising in Libya, I scan the faces to check for hers — smiling or yelling...Tags: George Bush, Government, Saddam Hussein, Libyan Civil War (2011), Muammar Gaddafi
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In The Pipeline: After 9/11, cops become 'brothers'
Growing up in New York, I watched the twin towers of the World Trade Center going up in the early 1970s. I recall how, at times, one of the buildings was rising a few floors faster than the other. But once it was all said and done, there they were —...Tags: Government, Washington, DC, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Politics, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Community Commentary: Amnesty for illegal immigrants not the answer
Editor's note: This corrects the headline. In a recent speech, President Barack Obama called the border between the United States and Mexico "secure." He offered an illegal immigration reform plan that gives amnesty to those currently here illegally...Tags: Government, Criminals, Illegal Immigrants, Labor Legislation, Regional Authority
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Sounding Off: We must fix free market as needed
Regarding "Redistributing wealth does not help situation" by Assemblyman Jim Silva (Community Commentary, Aug. 5): Before wealth can be redistributed, it must be created by brains and hard work. Americans expect all who are able to pitch in, take care...Tags: Government, Marketing, Career and Workplace, Social Security, Wages and Pensions
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School board clerk upset at last-minute cancellation
A high school board trustee plans to give the United States Army Field Band a dressing-down after it abruptly canceled a show at Edison High School. Bonnie Castrey, the Huntington Beach Union High School District's board clerk, said she intends to...Tags: Government, Music, Entertainment, Health, U.S. Army
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Counterfeit military parts traced
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)WICHITA, Kan. -- A yearlong investigation found what federal officials called a widespread problem of counterfeit electronic parts making their way onto critical defense systems -- into Air Force cargo planes, assemblies used in Special Operations...Tags: Government, Marketing, China, Science and Technology, Gucci Group NV
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Japan radiation report finds mostly 'low' doses; risks unclear
World NowMore than a year after a devastating tsunami inundated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a new report from the World Health Organization says people in most parts of Japan got little added radiation, but estimates much higher doses in some... -
WellPoint to lay off 112 workers
A WellPoint facility located on the northeast side will lay off 112 workers, the company announced Wednesday. The affected workers will reportedly be laid off between July 20 and Sept. 28 from the National Government Services at 8115 Knue Road. The...
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1812: Our first war of choice
In this bicentennial year of the start of the War of 1812, the StarSpangledBaltimore.com website tells us: "The War of 1812 represents what many see as the definitive end of the American Revolution. A new nation, widely regarded as an upstart,...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Government, Revolutions, Kandahar Massacre (2012), Baghdad (Iraq)
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Iran presses world powers for response to its nuclear proposal
World NowTalks between six world powers and Tehran over the disputed Iranian nuclear program went into a second day with Iranian negotiators pushing for a fuller response from the powers to its new proposal to resolve the crisis.... -
Pentagon in feud with company that feeds our troops
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon and the company that supplies U.S. troops in Afghanistan with food and water are locked in a billion-dollar billing dispute that illustrates the flawed management of contracts for battlefield support, according to...
Tags: Government, Washington, DC, Afghanistan, Wars and Interventions, Economy, Business and Finance
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