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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: Wethersfield, New Britain Museum of American Art, Thomas Nast, Naugatuck Valley Community College, Century Financial Corporation
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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: Migration, Bill Clinton, Millard Fillmore, Demographics, Government
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Official statistics show tourist arrivals in Myanmar decline by 25 percent
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The number of foreign tourists who visited Myanmar in the first nine months of 2008 was almost one-quarter less than for the same period a year earlier, official statistics show. The latest monthly economic indicator of the...Tags: Democracy, Human Rights
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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: Beijing Games, Multi-Sport Events, Democracy, Justice and Rights, Colleges and Universities
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111th Congress reflects greater religious diversity in the U.S.
As he ran for the White House, John F. Kennedy assured skeptical Americans that he was "not the Catholic candidate for president," but rather a "candidate for president who happens also to be Catholic." In 1961, the year he took office, Catholics...Tags: Minority Groups, Protestant, Laws, Public Officials, John F. Kennedy
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Celebrate the Year of the Ox in New York City's Chinatown with culture, shopping and food
AP Travel EditorNEW YORK (AP) — The Year of the Ox begins Jan. 26 and stores all over Chinatown are selling bright red decorations to mark the new year. But while it's easy to pick up cheap souvenirs at shops around the neighborhood, it's also worth spending a...Tags: Ohio, Sculpture, House and Home, Confucianism, Dining and Drinking
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New Year in NYC Chinatown: Culture, shopping, food
AP Travel EditorThe Year of the Ox begins Jan. 26 _ and stores all over New York City's Chinatown are selling bright red decorations to mark the new year. It's easy to pick up cheap souvenirs at shops around the neighborhood. But it's also possible to sample new...Tags: Chinatown (Manhattan, New York), Culture
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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, Coca-Cola Company, Allentown, Hillary Clinton, Barney Frank
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Workshops, seminars The Five Love Languages for Singles, Divorce Recoveryand relationship course: 7p.m. Sundays; through Jan.17; Callaway Hall, Conway United Methodist Church, 3401 S. Conway Road, Orlando; free; 407-277-5010. Bible Prophecy Explained,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Jazz Music, Physical Fitness, Unificationism, Reformed
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ALL MY CHILDREN: Ryan and Greenlee found themselves face to face with Annie, who escaped from the mental hospital. Ryan was knocked unconscious while trying to restrain Annie, who was later arrested by Jesse and returned to Oak Haven. Ryan proposed to Greenlee after Emma said she likes her. Opal was
AS THE WORLD TURNS: Alison flirted with Casey in hopes of getting him to give a blood sample to see whether he's a marrow donor for Johnny. Maddie ran off when she heard Casey and Alison making out. Josie told Dusty that Lucy and Johnny are in Oakdale...Tags: Christmas, Hospitals and Clinics, Television, Crimes, Kidnapping
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Orthodox Christmas Services
Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Orthodox Church, Sixth and Tilghman streets, Allentown, Christmas Eve Vespers with Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great 8:30 a.m. Tuesday; candlelight service and the Blessing of five loaves, wheat and wine, 7 p.m....Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Muhlenberg College, Texas, Christmas, Religious Festivals
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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: Easter, Religious Festivals, Dalai Lama, Hanukkah, Kansas
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