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Tracing the roots of democracy in N.Y.
Special to The TimesWhen I planned my first trip to New York City — so long ago that one of the biggest-selling guidebooks was titled "New York on $5 a Day" — I read that this was the only city besides Washington where the president could visit and most residents...Tags: Dining and Drinking, George Washington, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Tourism and Leisure, Elections
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Astronaut Gordon Cooper dies at 77
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLeroy Gordon "Gordo" Cooper Jr., one of the most colorful of the Mercury 7 astronauts, whose exploits and foibles were made famous in the book and movie "The Right Stuff," died Monday at his home in Ventura, California. He was 77. The cause of death...Tags: Dennis Quaid, Science and Technology, John F. Kennedy, John Johnson, Ventura (Ventura, California)
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'Sahara'
Times Staff WriterIt might be useful for filmmakers to note that with popcorn movies, the audience's suspension of disbelief is going to dissipate in direct proportion to any attempt to call attention to Serious Issues. It's probably a bad thing if the synopsis begins to...Tags: Clive Cussler, Health Organizations, North Africa, Matthew McConaughey, Texas
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The wonder under
Tribune staff reporterCARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK, N.M.--The story sounds like one of those tall tales that cowpokes recount beside the campfire. It asks you to believe that this part of the world used to sit smack-dab down by the equator, that the rocks beneath your feet...Tags: Texas, Natural Resources, Arts and Culture, Politics, Forests
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'Stuart Little 2'
Times Staff Writer"Stuart Little 2" is true to its name twice over. It's a little movie (78 minutes, including more than five minutes of credits) intended for little people. But, more than the last time around, it has elements that might help divert those bigger people who...Tags: Sony Corp., James Woods, Geena Davis, Jonathan Lipnicki, Nathan Lane
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Lewis and Clark: A tough act--and trail--to follow
Tribune staff reporterWhen they made their way to the Pacific, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark knew development would follow. Settlers already were settling in even before they'd finished their return to civilization two years later. What they couldn't know: Two great...Tags: State Parks, Pacific Ocean, Arts and Culture, Tourism and Leisure, Gardens and Parks
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Decline and Vidal
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAccording to Gore Vidal, American society has three ways of handling its critics: "One is to black you out altogether, which they did with Noam Chomsky--he can't get published anywhere; he's been made a nonperson. Or they demonize you, which they did with...Tags: Washington, DC, Democratic Convention (1968), Primaries, Los Angeles, Newspaper and Magazine
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