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The Kennedys' Moment of Glory
The Daily MirrorPhotograph by Larry Sharkey / Los Angeles Times July 15, 1960: Preceded by photographers, John F. Kennedy leads his entourage into the Coliseum. I believe the fellow in the lower left is Stanley Tretick, who frequently photographed Kennedy. Los Angeles... -
Movieland Mystery Photo
The Daily MirrorLos Angeles Times file photo Just a reminder on how this works: I post the mystery photo on Monday and reveal the answer on Friday ... or on Saturday if I have a hard time picking only five pictures; sometimes it's difficult to choose. To keep the mystery... -
Nixon Leads Stevenson, Kennedy in Poll
The Daily MirrorJan. 27, 1960: A letter by the Finch family’s maid to her mother in Sweden recounts a conversation with victim Barbara Jean Finch: “During the night, Dr. Finch tried to kill Mrs. Finch, who now absolutely wanted to have her divorce. Mrs. Finch told me... -
What President Obama told a grieving CIA
Top of the TicketFull Obama text. CIA Director Leon Panetta also speaks about the loss of seven officers on Dec. 30.... -
U.S. Doomed by a Culture of Leisure
The Daily Mirror“Give Me Your Pistol, Buck. Mine’s Overheated!” In 1960, The Times was inserting This Week magazine in the Sunday papers. The editor was William I. Nichols, who countered the phrase “Better Dead Than Red” with the slogan “Better Brave Than... -
Governor ‘Powerless’ to Halt Execution
The Daily MirrorMarch 11, 1960: Gov. Pat Brown says he is powerless to interfere with Caryl Chessman’s May 2 execution … and a Los Angeles County official says U.S. automakers are resisting attempts to reduce pollution from car exhaust. “You’ve Given Me the... -
Give Bolton the Boot
STEPHEN SCHLESINGER is the author, most recently, of "Act of Creation," on the founding of the United Nations.ALL SUMMER, the Bush administration has been pressuring the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to make John Bolton the permanent U.S. envoy to the United Nations. Bolton is serving until January on a temporary assignment because his notorious anti-U.N....Tags: George H.W. Bush, Human Rights, Diplomacy, Dick Cheney, Madeleine Albright
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City of Angels: Speak Easy
Of course everyone is entitled to an opinionbut you have to be a Bill Gates for that opinion to make it to prime time. Until now. From a three-story loft on Venices Electric Avenue, Lisa Eisenpresser and a band of couch-sleeping, jeans-wearing, self-...Tags: Barack Obama, Fox Broadcasting Company, Brown University, Intel Corp., Martha Stewart
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Who needs writers?
It's Day Four of the Writers Guild strike, and here's how to tell that the striking writers haven't so much as picked up a Bic: Their picket-line chants are crappy. Have you heard the lame call-and-response out there? "What do we want? CONTRACTS! When...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Steve Allen, Jon Stewart, Richard Nixon, Paddy Chayefsky
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10 things you might not know about divorce
Tribune staff reporterHeather Mills won a $49 million divorce ruling from Paul McCartney last week, but she lost in the court of public opinion. The judge called her "devoid of reality," and the British press said she had "over-egged the pudding" with outrageous demands. Which...Tags: Tammy Wynette, Crime, Law and Justice, Marvin Gaye, Divorce, Mike Gravel
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Obama's informercial
Television viewers expecting to tune in to "The New Adventures of Old Christine" on CBS Wednesday night will get a jarring surprise -- the sitcom will be replaced by a show that might be titled "The Old Adventures of New Barack."
For 30 minutes...Tags: Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy, CBS Corp., George W. Bush, AMC (tv network)
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The Congress Expressway opens
Chicago TribuneOne dignitary who spoke at the ribbon-cutting for the new highway that stretched west from the Loop noted that the project had been discussed for three decades. "That's enough talk," Cook County Board President Daniel Ryan summed up. "Let's drive it."...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Illinois, Transportation, Politics, Chicago Tribune
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