Almanac highlights January 11 2012 history and birthdays
Almanac notes 1908 Roosevelt designates Grand Canyon as national monument and 1964 U S surgeon general links smoking to health risks. It recalls 2003 George Ryan commutes 156 death row sentences. Birthdays include Hamilton James Chretien Judd Blige. Marion Jones jailed for lies in 2008. Moon phase shown.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Grand Canyon
U.S
Illinois
George Ryan
Alexander Hamilton
William James
Rod Taylor
Jean Chretien
Naomi Judd
Mary J. Blige
Marion Jones
Romney Compared to Archie’s Reggie in Critique of Campaign
Richard Cohen and Eugene Robinson critique Mitt Romney’s image and rhetoric, likening him to Archie’s Reggie. They argue Romney feigns ordinariness while lacking proven working-class experience and issue consistency. They urge honesty over political theater in his bid.
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Mitt Romney
Reggie
Riverdale High
Romney
Harvard Law School
Good Morning
Southland
New Hampshire
Michigan
American Motors
Fox Hunters
Hannibal
Italy
United States
Massachusetts
Sherman
Abe Lincoln
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hudson River
Newt Gingrich
Federal Reserve
9Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Jon Huntsman
Radical Islam influence question dominates debate and media
Cal Thomas argues that radical Islam expands via Spanish and Latin American TV and US inaction. He cites Hispan TV and Cordoba TV backed by Iran and Saudi interests, and criticizes the Obama administration for negotiating with the Taliban and seeking Guantanamo releases.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Rick Santorum
New Hampshire
Spain
Hispan TV
Iran
Soeren Kern
Strategic Studies Group
Madrid
Latin America
Cordoba
Kern
Abdul Aziz al-Fawzan
New York
al-Fawzan
United States
al-Andalus
Iberian Peninsula
Cordoba TV
The
Foundation For the Message of Islam
Obama
Taliban
Guantanamo Bay
Mullah
Mohammed Fazl
Qatar
Fazl
al-Qaida
Guantanamo
U.S
WikiLeaks
Muslim Brotherhood
Egypt
Brotherhood
Israel
America
Voice of America
Radio Liberty
Meryl Streep
Margaret Thatcher
Hope grows in Uruzgan as security improves in Tarin Kowt
Residents report safer conditions in Uruzgan province with fewer insurgent attacks since July. Traders say markets are busier and daily life normalizing as police chief Matiullah Khan earns trust, poppy cultivation falls, and locals switch to wheat.
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Tarin Kowt
Afghanistan
Uruzgan
Agha Mohammad
Mohammad
Abdul Samad
Farid Ayel
Amanullah Hotaki
Matiullah Khan
Kandahar
Nurollah Hotak
Hotak
Chura
Dehrawad
Khair Mohammad
Maziullah Khan
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