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Luck of the Irish
WASHINGTON -- Yet another reason to revere Calvin Coolidge is that he thought the Chicago Bears were a circus act. In the 1920s, professional football was small beer compared to the already big business of college football. Which today prospers partly...
Tags: Jack Dempsey, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Football, Television Industry, Bowl Championship Series
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Patt Morrison: Vote for Cal!
IT'S TAKEN ME all this time to get rid of the disgusting aftertaste of the midterm election TV ads, with their artificial colors and flavors — cloying, bitter, sour, stupid. (Is stupid a flavor? It should be.) Ptui to the candidate and the beaming...Tags: Alaska, Services and Shopping, Entertainment, Vehicles, Politics
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Early birds miss the point
Now aren't you sorry? Two or three weeks ago, maybe even earlier, you zipped through that absentee ballot, check check check, and hustled it off to the mailbox as if you were claiming a lottery prize. And see what you missed? So much has happened...Tags: Barack Obama, Super Bowl, National Government, Democratic Party, Toni Morrison
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Essex Steam Train Offers A Great Way To See The Splendors Of Fall
You can call it a Trike. Or maybe a Ferrike. It's a ride on a train, followed by a cruise across the Connecticut River on a ferry and a hike to the top of a hill to visit a castle. Sound like a visit to Walt Disney World? A lifelike journey into a...Tags: Helen Hayes, Albert Einstein, Connecticut River, Railway Transportation, Walt Disney
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The 'Downton Abbey' / 'Mad Men' connection
Change of SubjectFrom comments: Since 'Mad Men' and 'Downton Abbey' seem to be popular here, I'll note that 'Mad Men' is equidistant to 'Downton Abbey' as it is to today. My work: 2013-1968=45 1968-1923=45 Equidistance is an increasingly startling concept as you...... -
Recess appointment decision excerpts
Change of SubjectFrom the Canning vs. National Labor Relations Board (pdf) opinion U.S. Court of Appeals in DC: (citations omitted) It is undisputed that the purported appointments of the three members were not made “by and with the Advice and Consent of...... -
Supercommittee #fail
Pennsylvania Ave.A congressional invention designed so that it would not fail, is -- barring a last-minute revelation -- going to fail. Pennsylvania's U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said as much during a Sunday morning appearance on CBS's Face the Nation. "Well, I...... -
Fires in Florida and Cornwall, N.Y., destroy bits of history
Nation NowFires in the eastern United States have destroyed two vastly different bits of irreplaceable history: a legendary cypress tree in Florida and an industrial complex in the New York community of Cornwall.... -
Was one of Georgetown's canine mascots a war hero?
Sports NowFOOTBALL URBAN LEGEND: One of Georgetown's canine mascots was a war hero. The first live animal mascot in college football was "Handsome Dan," a bulldog who was purchased by Yale student Andrew Graves in 1889. The bulldog became quite popular...... -
Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Connected to Chicago (mp3) WLS-AM: Host Bill Cameron with Greg Hinz of Crains Chicago Business, Ray Long of the...... -
Dorworth, Florida House pay homage to The Senator
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — The Florida House just paid tribute to the 3,500-year-old bald cypress tree near Longwood known as The Senator, a tree that was older than the Roman empire but was burned to the ground in January by a meth addict. Rep. Chris Dorworth,... -
Fine line
Change of SubjectPress on: Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full......
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