Historic Prizes, Births, and Moon Phase Highlights
On June 4 2009 the day marks the 155th day of the year and notes the first Pulitzer Prizes awarded in 1917. Obscure mentions include performers Robert Merrill Dennis Weaver Mortimer Zuckerman Noah Wyle and Angeline Joe with a 191 on the Billboard chart. The moon chorus notes a first quarter around May 30 and a full moon near June 7.
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Ere
Robert Merrill
Dennis Weaver
Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Noah Wyle
Angel “Angeline Joe
Ecorene
Silaonveanuaiareee O Ware Gahan
Journaiem
Aphorisms and uncertainty shape political will and creativity
A meditation on why people crave quotable lines and certainty. It argues that uncertainty fuels creativity, while comfort from government may erode motivation and liberty. mentions figures like Rahm Emanuel George Bush Barack Obama and Kathleen Parker in discussing how crises are used to push policy.
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Harvard
Daniel Gilbert
The
New York Times
Gilbert
Leonardo da Vinci
Homer
George Washington
Sistine Chapel
Rahm Emanuel
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
China must lead decisive shift on North Korea
John C Bersin argues Beijing should push North Korea toward reform and end the Kim dynasty. He urges China to act decisively to avoid regional war, citing economic ties and the risk of refugee outflows and instability. He compares North Korea to past Chinese reformers and calls for a Chinese gambit to reshape Pyongyang.
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North Korea
China
Beijing
Pyongyang
Kim Jong Il
Kim
Korean Peninsula
South Kasa
East Asia
Tiananmen Square remembered twenty years on
Journalist recalls the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown and its lasting impact on memory and history. The piece follows a Chinese American correspondent who fled Hong Kong to Chicago and later Beijing, vowing to seek political truth and vindication for student protesters.
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Tiananmen Square
Hong Kong
China
Chicago
Chang'an
Beijing
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Garry Trudeau
Washington
James Geary
Mark Twain
Dorothy Parker
Woody Allen
Buddha
Jesus
Muhammad Lesbons
Kathleen Parker
Cian
America
Kparker
Kparker.com
John C.bersia
Soviet Union
Mao Zedong
Mao
Deng Xiaoping
John C. Bersin
Orlando Sentinel
Perspectives
University of Central
Ats ES
Violet Law McClatchy
Tribune News Services
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