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Cartoons Of Thomas Nast At Saint Joseph College
The Hartford CourantIt's not as if this is the first financial downturn the country has gone through. More than 100 years ago, the flurry of financial issues was vividly represented by the pen of the most influential political cartoonist in the country, Thomas Nast. It was...Tags: New Britain, Economic Policy, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Colleges and Universities, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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On this day in history
On Jan. 7, 1610, the astronomer Galileo Galilei sighted four of Jupiter's moons. In 1789 the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president. In...Tags: World War II, Dan Burton, Bill Clinton, Millard Fillmore, George Bush
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China faces economic pain, sensitive political anniversaries in 2009
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) — The year ahead will challenge Chinese security officials increasingly nervous about social stability, the nation's top police officer said, amid concerns about gang violence, separatism and dissident plans to mark the 20th anniversary...Tags: Sociology, Gang Activity, Society, Justice and Rights, Colleges and Universities
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One last look at year's top stories
All these year-end stories have left me a little groggy, so forgive me if my summary of the year's events strays from reality. January: Casino owner Louis DeNaples makes national news by wearing fuzzy lion slippers to his perjury arraignment....Tags: Ed Pawlowski, George Bush, Buddhism, Coca-Cola Company, Lehigh Valley IronPigs
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In search of New Year's
New Year's Day is the hardest holiday to make sense of precisely because it's the easiest one to sleep through; as the most arbitrary of designations -- New Year's falls on different days in Nepal or Ethiopia or China or California -- it asks us, even...Tags: Kansas, Hanukkah, Religious Festivals, Buddhism, Holidays
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Arab leaders give Condoleezza Rice expensive jewelry
Associated PressWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was showered with more than a quarter of a million dollars in jewelry from Arab leaders last year, making her one of the top recipients among U.S. officials of gifts from foreign heads of state and...Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Laura Bush, Government, Inventories, Heads of State
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China Detains 59 People In Tibet Over 'Rumors'
Authorities in Tibet have detained 59 people accused of disseminating rumors aimed at inciting ethnic tension and have cracked down on illegal downloads of "reactionary music" online, Chinese state media reported Thursday. Law enforcement officers have...Tags: Riots, Sales, Buddhism
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Religious and spiritual leaders
Religious and spiritual leaders Gordon B. Hinckley, 97; 15th president of the Mormon church, led its greatest expansion (Jan. 27) Archbishop Christodoulos, 69; credited with revitalizing Greece's Orthodox Church (Jan. 28) The Rev. Marcial Maciel, 87;...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Crimes, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Islam, Christianity
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Tibetan officials arrest 59
Associated PressAuthorities in Tibet have detained 59 people accused of disseminating rumors aimed at inciting ethnic tension and have cracked down on illegal downloads of "reactionary music" online, Chinese state media reported yesterday. Law enforcement officers have...Tags: Riots, Sales, Buddhism
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Arabs shower Condoleezza Rice with jewels she can't wear
The Associated PressPresident George W. Bush's foreign policies may be unpopular in the Middle East, but Arab leaders showered his top diplomat with jewelry worth far more than a quarter million dollars last year. While Bush didn't fare nearly as well, Secretary of State...Tags: Inventories, Heads of State, George Bush, Buddhism, Imperial and Royal Matters
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China blocks access to New York Times Web site
The Associated PressChina has blocked access to the New York Times Web site, the newspaper said Saturday, days after the central government defended its right to censor online content it deems illegal. Computer users who logged on in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou received...Tags: New York Times, News Media, Freedom of the Press, Summer Olympics, Newspaper and Magazine
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Ho-ho hokum? Gift products that claim to boost health and well-being
Some holiday gifts speak volumes about the giver. Are you the type who would fill a stocking with vitamins or fitness gadgets? If so, you're obviously concerned about the well-being of the people around you. You're also a bit of a risk-taker. When it...Tags: NBC, Social Sciences, Colleges and Universities, Buddhism, Hospitals and Clinics
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