Alma Calendar Highlights and Historic Events
The item notes February 18 2003 as day 57 of 2003 and day 67 of winter, lists milestones such as Grand Canyon becoming a national park in 1919, Roosevelt creating the Communications Commission in 1934, a World Trade Center bombing in 1998, and marks Victor Hugo and Levi Strauss as notable birthdays.
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Grand Canyon
Canarace
Eee
Franklin Roosevelt
Communications Commission
FCC
World Trade Center
New York City
Victor Hugo
Levi Straussmoon
Notable figures and sports on this day
On February 26 2003 the world’s first jeans were created. Jackie Gleason Johnny Cash and Erykah Badu are noted with ages 72 and 31 respectively. In 1978 Nancy Lopez won the Bent Tree Classic in Sarasota Florida her first LPGA victory.
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Jackie Gleason
Johnny Cash
Erykah Badu
Nancy Lopez
Sarasota
Fla
Presidential fever grips Democrats in race for president
The piece notes a wave of Democratic hopefuls for 2004, led by Howard Dean and John Kerry, with cousin Ralph as a symbol of ordinary plausibility. It traces candidates like Kucinich, Moseley Braun, Sharpton, Gephardt, Edwards, Lieberman, and Graham, while contrasting Bush's approval and war timing with the crowded field.
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Ralph
Optimists-R-Us
Bush
Iowa
New Hampshire
Dennis Kucinich
Carol Moseley-Braun
al Sharpton
Dean
Bill Frist
Braun Kucinich
Boy Wonder
Cleveland
Moseley-Braun
Senate
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
Dick Gephardt
Kucinich
Gephardt
Bob Dole
Washington
John Edwards
North Carolina
John Kerry
Massachusetts
Joe Lieberman
Connecticut
Kerry
Bob Graham
Florida
Liberal radio network idea sparks debate on discourse
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr cites New York Times chatter about a liberal talk network with names like Al Franken mentioned. He argues against simplistic demagoguery, urging thoughtful dialogue and public spaces for non ideological thinking, and notes the risk of turning debates into battles rather than problem solving.
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George Clinton
New York Times
Osama bin Laden
Miami Beach
bin Laden
al Franken
Oliver Norths
Rush Limbaughs
Kraig T. Kitchen
Kitchen
Yahoos
Yahoo
Crossfire
Pmn
Media ethics clash over publishing rape victims names
Kathleen Parker analyzes the Central Park Jogger case and the broader media practice of protecting rape victims identities. Opinion debates whether withholding names serves justice or harms reporting, with Mary and others arguing for never publishing victims names, while some defend revealing identities to counter stigma. Parker leans toward protecting victims and urges publishers not to disclose names without consent.
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Central Park
Allan Wolper
Wolper
Kelly McBride
Poynter Institute
McBride
Poyniter.org
Trove
Mary
Des Moines Register
Geneva Overholser
Iowa
Itegtt Tert
Pete
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Inac
Iti
Vermont
Howard Dean
Democratic Party
Gary Bauer
Family Research Council
Alan Keyes
Steve Forbes
Marsha Mercer
Media General News Service
White House
Mediageneral
Moseley
Leonard Pitts Jr
Miami Herald
Herald Plaza
Miami
Leonard Pitts
Kathleen Parker
The
Orlando Sentinal
Kparker
Kathlear
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