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Walking tours focus on black history in the state capital
Special To The SunAnnapolis -- In this city of maritime culture, politics and the Naval Academy, where history and tradition are practically embedded in the narrow cobblestone streets -- something new is afoot. Literally. A unique series of walking tours that highlight...Tags: Cultural Development, Charles Carroll, Arts and Culture, Politics, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia)
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To New York and back with $19 to spare
Times Staff WriterFly back with me to the year 2000. The average hotel rate in New York is $237 plus tax, or about $270. Three nights' lodging, two plane tickets from L.A., museum admissions, modest meals, cabs — suddenly a long weekend is $1,500. And you haven't...Tags: Greenwich Village, Hotels and Accommodations, Transportation, Pet Shops, Services, and Supplies, Restaurants
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`Will & Grace' tries too hard to please
Tribune arts criticIn this season of our sitcomic discontent, with such favorites as "Friends" and "Frazier" in retirement, "Will & Grace" (7:40 p.m. Thursday, WMAQ-Ch. 5) returns as one of the old reliables, its once groundbreaking setup (a gay man and his straight...Tags: NBC (tv network), Debra Messing, Minority Groups, New York, Jennifer Lopez
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Tiburon's Beckoning Views
Times Staff WriterLunch was modest: a turkey sandwich on wheat. But the view was first class. "Drop-dead gorgeous" was the way a fellow hiker described the panorama below as we picnicked on a hillside. To the left was the Bay Bridge; in front was San Francisco's skyline;...Tags: Marin County (California), Los Angeles, World War II (1939-1945), Hotels and Accommodations, Travel
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Best Beach Bars: North Broward
Special to the Sun-SentinelPart of the pleasure of South Florida living is being able to enjoy the ocean, play tourist without taking a train, plane, or car ride, and appreciate the abundance of beachside bistros. Phil Frances, a 39-year-old massage therapist, loves to go to...Tags: Disc Jockeys, Fort Lauderdale, Lifestyle and Leisure, Dance, Pompano Beach
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Living up to their legends
Alexi Murdoch, a long-haired, bearded singer-songwriter, stands on the Troubadour stage, picking a moody scale on his guitar and singing an expressive, introspective lyric. The crowd, which includes press, record label reps and movie soundtrack...Tags: Alice Cooper, Jackson Browne, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (music group), Neil Young, Laurie Anderson
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X-Men
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday July 14, 2000 To be a teenager is to feel different, misunderstood, perhaps even a bit of a mutant. It was the gift of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the creators of the Marvel comic decades ago, to realize with "X-Men" that conflicted...Tags: Movies, Bruce Davison, Marvel Entertainment, Inc., Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Famke Janssen
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Guidebook: At Ground Zero
Times Staff WriterGetting there: American, United and Delta airlines fly nonstop from LAX to New York's JFK airport; restricted round-trip fares begin at $298. American, Continental and United fly nonstop to Newark, N.J.; fares begin at $278. Northwest, American Trans...Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Brooklyn (New York City), Travel, Transportation, Music Theater
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Ground Zero
Times Staff WriterOne of the first things you see when you approach the viewing platform that overlooks ground zero, the site where the World Trade Center once stood, are the thousands of messages written on flags, bedsheets, planks, teddy bears, T-shirts, hats--anything...Tags: New York City, Medical Procedures and Tests, Restaurants, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sharon
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More than a statue: Statue of Liberty
Tribune staff reporterIt's not the size. Not alone. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is four times taller. A standing Buddha in Japan is three times her height. Are there statues more splendid? As art, Michelangelo's massive, magnificent "David" is justly revered. Daniel...Tags: Migration, Politics, France, Tourism and Leisure, History
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'We will not relent until justice is done'
Sun National StaffNEW YORK - Capping a day of somber remembrance, President Bush implored Americans last night to recognize that the Sept. 11 attacks forced America to take on a new mission: "to rid the world of terror." "We have made a sacred promise, to ourselves and to...Tags: National Security, Politics, Dick Cheney, Transportation, Air Transportation Industry
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Statue of Liberty Q&A
Tribune staff reporterQ. Was it always called the "Statue of Liberty"? A. Pretty much, though originally that was just the beginning of the name. "It was called the statue of `Liberty, Enlightening the World,' " according to National Park Service historian and author Barry...Tags: Arts and Culture, Travel, Boats, Tourism and Leisure, Emma Lazarus
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