Uncle Mort Faces Double Whammies Of Corporate News
A 99 year old uncle in a thicket laments the loss of Dublin Dr Pepper and Hostess Twinkies as the Dr Pepper Snapple Group acquires Dublin Dr Pepper. He imagines a Mobile MoonPie spectacle to revive soda and pie, while planning a whittling project and joking about a Tim Tebow carved figure. Dr Newbury speaks in Dallas Fort Worth.
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Mort
Dublin
Dr Pepper
RSA BankTrust
Salvation Army
McKennie Place
NFL
Tim Tebow
Dr Pepper Snapple Group
RC Cola
Mobile
Temple
Newbury
Dallas-Fort Worth
Speakerdoc
Speakerdoc.com
History Today Highlights Key Events and Births
The entry lists major past events including China ceding Hong Kong to Britain in 1841, the first roller coaster patent in 1885, Iran hostage release in 1981, Israel Lebanon withdrawal in 1985, and classic dates. It also notes birthdays for George Burns, Fellini, Patricia Neal, Buzz Aldrin, and others, plus sports trivia from 1892 and a 2010 digital music sales surge quote from Carter.
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China
Hong Kong
LaMarcus Thompson
Iran
Tehran
Jimmy Carter
Israel
Lebanon
George Burns
Federico Fellini
Patricia Neal
Buzz Aldrin
David Lynch
Rainn Wilson
Admir Thompson
Questlove
Springfield
Mass
America
Mugabe’s Zimbabwe and the Hitler Parallel in US Debate
Nat Hentoff surveys three decades of Mugabe rule describing Zimbabwe as a dying state under a tyrant who likens himself to Hitler. He recalls coverage by The Weekly Standard The New York Times and other outlets, cites U.N. inaction, and previews an interview with Patience Mhlanga, a Zimbabwean refugee now at Fairfield University, as a witness to oppression.
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Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe
Africa
Peter Godwin
Little, Brown and Co
Mugabe
The
Weekly Standard
David Aikman
United Nations
South Africa
Hitler
Village Voice
United States
Adolf Hitler
Mail & Guardian
Sapa-Afp
George Bush
BBC
Mike Thomson
Zanu- PF
Movement For Democratic Change
Morgan Tsvangirai
Cato Institute
Celia W. Dugger
New York Times
Moses Mzila Ndlovu
National Healing
Dugger
Times’ Dagger
Douglas Nyikayaramba
Patience Mhlanga
Fairfield University
Connecticut
Gospel Mission
India
Patience
Nat Hentoff
Reporters Committee For Freedom of the Press
Baytown Sun circulation call lines and hours
The Baytown Sun outlines redelivery procedures if newspapers are late. Call (281) 425-8066 by 9 a.m. weekdays or 11 a.m. Sundays to arrange redelivery. Circulation hours are Tue-Fri 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sun 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Editor Publisher Janie Gray, Angle Pagel Advertising Director.
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Janie Gray
Janie.gray
Baytownsun.com
Angie Pagel
Angie.pagel
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
P.O
Baytown
Texas
Baytownsun
Sun
Adam Vanelli
Sunnews
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Uncle Mort
Don Newbury
Perry
Lowa
Hentoff
Whitehouse
Kay Bailey Hutchison, Senator
Rick Perry
Ted Poe
Dist
Wayhouse
Gowpoe
Hutchison
Senate
Gene Green
Adam
Yanelli
Sandy Denson
Sandy.denson
Joshua Hart
Joshua.hart
Newsroom
Pred Hartman
Editorial
Angle Pagel Advertising Director
Jim Finley
M.A. Bengtson Community Member
Jay Eshbach
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