Almanag March 26 2010 almanac highlights and history
Today marks the 85th day of 2010 and the start of spring. Key items include Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise (1920) and the Egypt Israel peace treaty signing (1979). Notable birthdays feature Frost, Williams, O Connor, Pelosi, Knightley. Moon phase hints to March 29.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Menachem Begin
Anwar al-Sadat
Washington, D.C
Jack Kevorkian
Robert Frost
Tennessee Williams
Viktor Frankl
Sandra Day O’connor
U.S. Supreme Court
Nancy Pelosi
Kiss the cook myth and the dinner dating game
A Dayton Daily News columnist notes a Harris survey showing 63 percent of women find a partner who cooks sexy, while 33 percent are aroused by paying for dinner. He jokes about his own cooking habits, kitchen mishaps, and dietary clashes with his wife, who prefers healthier meals.
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Harris
Nuclear power era still out of reach
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Dick Polman argues that despite President Obama's push for new nuclear plants and billions in loan guarantees, political obstacles and safety/waste concerns keep a broad nuclear era unlikely. He notes GOP division, overruns risk, and Yucca Mountain politics.
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Jackson Browne
Bonnie Raitt
Three Mile Island
America
John Kerry
Barbara Boxer
Stewart Brand
GOP
Georgia
Senate
Ronald Reagan
Rose Garden
Texas
National Taxpayers Union
Taxpayers For Common Sense
Congressional Budget Office
Feds
Illinois
Vermont
Vermont Yankee
Randolph Brock III
California
Yucca Mountain
Nevada
Harry Reid
Caesars Palace
Amory Lovins
What kind of Iraq do you want Maliki
Trudy Rubin urges Prime Minister Maliki to stand against sectarian corruption and free Salam, a secular Shiite jailed by Mahdi Army ties. The letter links Salam’s case to Iraq’s election and calls for unity, accountability, and a government that rejects revenge and militia influence.
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Maliki
Iraq
Salam
Baghdad
Basra
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Mahdi Army
Hay Salam
U.S
Al-Muthana
Abdullah al-Alousi
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