Almanac highlights for April 3 2010 in history and sports
Key events on this date include Jesse James murder by Robert Ford in 1882 and Zelda Sayre's 1920 NYC marriage to F Scott Fitzgerald. Truman signed the Marshall Plan into law in 1948. In sports, 1996 saw St Francis Fighting Saints post a 71-1 run-scored record. Jane Goodall is quoted on apathy.
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Robert Ford
Jesse James
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre
New York City
Harry Truman
Europe
Ted Kaczynski
Washington Irving
Marlon Brando
Doris Day
Jane Goodall
Picabo Street
Amanda Bynes
St. Francis Fighting Saints
Incumbency lessons from Canteyville in a Midlands night
Kathleen Parker visits a fictional Canteyville gathering at Hermitage Farms in Kershaw County to illustrate how incumbents misjudge rural voters. The piece argues many ordinary Americans doubt Washington and will vote in November if leaders fail to explain policy, hinting incumbency as a political test.
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Cantey
Hermitage
Tickle Hill Road
Kershaw County
Joe Cantey
Obama
Washington
Scott Brown
Canteyville
Joe's
Congress
Gingrich on GOP path to 2013 repeal and reform
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich argues the tea party movement mirrors the 1994 upheaval but aims for an open bipartisan process. He backs repealing Obamacare by a 2013 Republican majority and says the Democrats seek a secular socialist state. He calls for aggressive outreach to minorities and predicts a presidential decision by February 2011.
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Washington, D.C
K Street
Newt Gingrich
Gingrich
America
Congress
Obama
Democratic Party
Republican Party
GOP
George W.) Bush
NAACP
al Sharpton
Rev. Sharpton
Door
Pelosi
Reid
Compromise in Washington: from LBJ to Obama era shifts
Long view on bipartisanship shows how past deals under LBJ and Dirksen eased passage of legislation while modern politics feature sharp polling, negative campaigns, and partisan barriers. The piece notes Nelson, Landrieu, McCain, Graham, and funding tactics shaping current debate.
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Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Everett Dirksen
White House
Johnson
Dirksen
Illinois
LBJ
Barack Obama
Senate Finance Committee
GOP
Washington
Ben Nelson
Mary Landrieu
George W. Bush
Bush
Sen
John McCain
Arizona
McCain
Lindsey Graham
South Carolina
Guantanamo
Nebraska
David Heineman
Nelson
CNN
Obama
What life would be like without a federal income tax
A concise history argues the United States operated without an income tax before 1913 and describes how rates rose from 1 percent in 1913 to 77 percent by 1918. It questions the value of the tax, its complexity, and the costs of compliance, urging readers to consider abolishing the federal income tax.
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Canteyville
S.C
D.C
Midlands
Cantey
Joe
Temperence Hill
Juilliard School
James Cantey
Palmetto Regiment
Internal Revenue Service
America
U.S. Supreme Court
IRS
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