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Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Remembering famed author's visit to O.C.
Editor's note: Michael Miller wrote this article on author and columnist Christopher Hitchens when he visited Newport Beach in 2005. Hitchens died Thursday at age 62. This time last year, Christopher Hitchens was in Kabul, Afghanistan, checking up on the...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Afghanistan, Arts and Culture, Teaching and Learning, Terrorism
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In the Pipeline: Memories of a president's pilot
If I've learned anything in the 11 years my family and I have lived in Huntington Beach, it's that you never know who you'll run into in Huntington Beach.
Take, for example, the man I sat with recently. He sat on a couch thumbing through a photo album....Tags: Walter Cronkite, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John Wayne, Richard Nixon, Charles de Gaulle
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How Obama can rescue his candidacy
Here's the White House view of the current trilogy of so-called scandals: Republicans are trying to destroy President Barack Obama's second term by magnifying bureaucratic miscues and distorting policy realities. This isn't without some merit. On none...Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Richard Nixon, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pentagon Papers Release (2011), Republican Party
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Dalai Lama packs UM Comcast Center for address on compassion
He pulled on a Terps visor, to the crowd's delight. He rubbed noses with Gov. Martin O'Malley. And the Dalai Lama was met Tuesday with rounds of applause from a crowd of 15,000 at the University of Maryland, College Park's Comcast Center. "Sit down,"...
Tags: Customs and Tradition, Education, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela
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Israel's critics ignore discrimination in the Arab and Muslim world
The article by Zainab Choudry and Saqib Ali on Israel's supposed discrimination against Arab-American and Muslim citizens is missing a big part of the story in the Arab and Muslim world ("Don't let Israel discriminate," April 30). Former Secretary of...Tags: Religion and Belief, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Judaism
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Jack W. Alexander, 88
Jack W. Alexander, 88, of Mercersburg, Pa., passed away Friday, May 3, 2013, at Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital. Born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Nov. 9, 1924, he was the son of Joseph B. Sr. and Charlotte Weir Alexander. He graduated from Uniontown High...Tags: Melbourne, U.S. Army, Gerald Ford, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida), American Legion
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Mediator selected in QSA lawsuits
Staff WriterA mediator has been selected to settle lawsuits between landowners and the Imperial Irrigation District in the coordinated Quantification Settlement Agreements cases. “Retired Justice Howard B. Wiener has been selected as mediator with the...Tags: Lawyers, Litigation, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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'Alpha' leads Amazon's pilot pack
Not content to just sell us books, lawn implements, baseball bats, printers, devices to read books on, bar tools, printer paper, used printers, ink cartridges, used ink cartridges and automobile floor mats — did I miss anything? — Amazon is...
Tags: Republican Party, Jesse Eisenberg, The Huffington Post, Amazon.com Inc., The Big Bang Theory (tv program)
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To cheers and jeers, Margaret Thatcher is laid to rest
LONDON -- A gun boomed once a minute, like one of her thunderous speeches in Parliament. Gray skies slowly turned blue, the color of her Conservative Party. And even Big Ben fell quiet, in tribute to a woman who loved nothing more than silencing her foes....
Tags: England, United Kingdom, Religion and Belief, Dick Cheney, Diana, Princess of Wales
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Thousands gather for 'Iron Lady' Margaret Thatcher's funeral
LONDON -- With stately solemnity and military honors, Margaret Thatcher's body was borne through the streets of the British capital Wednesday morning to a funeral service where hundreds of world leaders, colleagues and friends paid their last respects...
Tags: Religion and Belief, United Kingdom, Dick Cheney, Diana, Princess of Wales, Government
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'Star Wars' today: What would Reagan do?
President Reagan stunned fellow citizens and the world 30 years ago this month with a dramatic announcement that the United States would develop and deploy a system capable of intercepting and destroying strategic ballistic missiles. Like President...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Nuclear Policy, Military Equipment, Iran
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Allan B. Calhamer dies at 81; inventor of Diplomacy game
The origins of the board game Diplomacy can be traced to an old geography book that Allan B. Calhamer discovered while rummaging around with a friend in the attic of his boyhood home in suburban Chicago. Calhamer was fascinated by the exotic countries...
Tags: Boston, Monopoly (game), World War I (1914-1918), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Newspaper and Magazine
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