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The relationship of agriculture and human behavior
The development of agriculture has had profound effects on human behavior. The previous two Farm and Ranch Life columns indicated how agriculture greatly enhanced the survival of humans over preceding hunter-gatherer ancestors. As agricultural methods...Tags: Weather Reports, Social Sciences, Science and Technology, Natural Resources, Gang Activity
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International service helps us all
The following commentary was written by Terry Newton, president of Rotary Club of Petoskey. Recently we have seen a new TV ad asking the question where you will be when you see the news that cancer has been cured. This...Tags: Charity, Rotary International, UNESCO, Executive Branch, Haiti
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Dennis Reed to discuss 'Japanese American Photography' book at Glendale Central Library
Back in 1977, Dennis Reed read something that intrigued him: There once had been a vibrant society of Japanese American photographers, including first-rate modernists, but with the advent of World War II and U.S. internment camps, all of their work had...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Photography, The Getty, Sociology, Culture
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William J. Rosenthal, lawyer
William J. Rosenthal, a noted expert in labor and employment law who as a naval deck officer during World War II participated in the D-Day invasion, died March 12 of a hemorrhage at Northwest Hospital. He was 92.
"He was a physically imposing person, and...Tags: Track and Field, Employment, World War II (1939-1945), Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Our biggest problem is not deficits
"Our biggest problems over the next 10 years are not deficits," President Barack Obama told House Republicans last week, according to those who attended the meeting. The president needs to deliver the same message to the public, loudly and clearly....
Tags: Barack Obama, Public Finance, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Unemployment
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George Aratani dies at 95; L.A. philanthropist who funded Japanese American causes
George Aratani, a Los Angeles businessman who donated millions of dollars to Japanese American causes, and with his wife endowed the nation’s first academic chair to study the World War II internment of people of Japanese descent and their efforts...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Armed Forces, Electronics, Culture
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'Annie' to debut on Waynesboro stage
This weekend, Waynesboro Area Senior High School will present “Annie” as its all-school production. Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the high school. Tickets, which cost $10 each, are available...
Tags: White House, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Letters: Truman and civil rights
Re "Harry Truman, Lincoln's heir," Opinion, Feb. 17 Robert Shogan is correct that President Harry S. Truman did more for the cause of African American rights than his predecessor Franklin D. Roosevelt or his successor Dwight D. Eisenhower. Yet...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, The Home Depot, Civil Rights, Woodrow Wilson, Abraham Lincoln
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The double threats
Just as Lenin's body remains on public display in Russia, because one never knows when he might be useful to rally the masses, so, too, does the ghost (but thankfully not the body) of the late Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis., remain a useful symbol for Democrats...Tags: Barbara Boxer, Chuck Hagel, Parties and Movements, Marco Rubio, Barack Obama
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Night of nonsense
WASHINGTON — In the 12 months we have to steel ourselves for the next State of the Union spectacle, let us count the ways that this spawn of democratic Caesarism — presidency-worship — has become grotesque. It would be the most...Tags: Barack Obama, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, Natural Disasters, Calvin Coolidge
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Christopher Van Hollen Sr., ambassador
Christopher Van Hollen Sr., a retired Foreign Service officer and ambassador to Sri Lanka, died of Alzheimer's disease complications Jan. 30 at the Washington Home and Hospice. The former Baltimore resident was 90. Born in Baltimore and raised in...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Central Intelligence Agency, Primaries, Aquaculture, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Lloyd Waters: If Republican Party is near death, what's next?
I always enjoy reading fellow columnist Allan Powell. His columns are always thought-provoking and well-written. His recent column titled “The decline and fall of the Republican Party” was particularly interesting. In his column, he writes...Tags: James Buchanan, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Executive Branch, John F. Kennedy
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