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Indiana: Waking up to the new Indianapolis
Tribune staff reporterThis was one of the first cities to convert its sprawling but obsolete Union Station into a wonderland of boutiques, restaurants and nightclubs. That was a major part of the Indianapolis I remembered from a visit in the '80s. Zippy Union Stations still...Tags: Sandwiches, Employees, Retirement, Tony Perez, Restaurants
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'A soldier's soldier' is remembered
Sun StaffBaltimore native Cornell W. Gilmore had been in Iraq only five days Friday morning when the Black Hawk helicopter he was flying in began taking enemy fire in the skies above Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. Gilmore, 45, was headed for a landing at a...Tags: Randallstown, Kansas, Saddam Hussein, University of Maryland, College Park, Death
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Historic race reaffirms durable U.S. democracy
The Chicago TribuneNow, this should make everything clear: Al Gore, the winner of the most votes in the 2000 presidential race, conceded victory Wednesday night to George Bush, because the winner was the loser in the only count that mattered, the Electoral College....Tags: Al Gore, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. Elections, Elections, Democracy
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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: Elections, Statue of Liberty, Entertainment, Restaurants, Carol Burnett
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Halls of Hildene
Hartford Courant staff writerFor armchair historians and students of Abraham Lincoln, clues to the life of the 16th president aren't found only in log cabins in Illinois, battlefields in southern Pennsylvania or restored theaters in Washington, D.C. One good collection of Lincoln...Tags: James Abram Garfield, Landforms, Abraham Lincoln, Ethan Allen, Union (McHenry, Illinois)
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Race now in voters' hands
Sun ReporterMore than 100 million Americans are expected to cast ballots today that will decide the tightest contest in decades for the presidency and control of Congress. George W. Bush and Al Gore flew cross country into the early hours of Election Day, delivering...Tags: Al Gore, Oregon, Elections, Television Networks, John Quincy Adams
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Paying homage to a land of presidents
Special to The TimesI had no intention of lingering in Ohio last August when I drove through heading west from Philadelphia. My itinerary for the Buckeye State included pumping gas, grabbing burgers and finding restrooms. But a sign on Interstate 80 near Fremont sparked my...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Air Transportation Industry, West Point, Elections, William Howard Taft
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Boys all-conference teams
NORTH SUBURBAN CONFERENCE ANTIOCH: Josh Enck, jr.; Rob Janke, sr. GRANT: Josh Adams, sr. LAKE FOREST: Kevin Brilliant, sr.; Max Julius, sr.; Sean Marshall, sr.; Alex Tinucci, sr.; Charles Wood, sr. LIBERTYVILLE: Cooper Dezell, sr.; Alen Husidic, jr.; Eric...Tags: Sean Marshall, Brian Kelly
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'Frederick Douglass' by William S. McFeely
Born to an African mother and a European father, Frederick Douglass was, by any standard, one of the extraordinary men of the 19th Century and the most powerful black man of his age. William McFeely's compelling biography covers the career of Douglass...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, PBS (tv network), Sociology, Benjamin Franklin, Literature
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