May 27 Almanac notes and notable birthdays
Almanac entry for May 27 2004 lists day counts and historical notes including the NIRA 1937 ruling and Golden Gate Bridge 1941. Birthdays feature Isadora Duncan Dashiell Hammett Rachel Carson Hubert Humphrey and Joseph Fiennes with brief birth years. Sports line mentions Pimlico Race Course incident and a scarf entanglement.
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U.S. Supreme Court
California
Golden Gate Bridge
Isadora Duncan
Dashiell Hammett
Rachel Carson
Hubert Humphrey
U.S
Pimlico
Powell presses on as he answers questions about Iraq and democracy
Colin Powell spoke to two dozen editorial writers after a Wake Forest commencement, defending U.S. policy in Iraq and Abu Ghraib while noting the ongoing Iraqi autonomous ministries under CPA oversight. He urged that democracy remains America’s aim and pledged continued engagement as a four star general turned diplomat.
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Wake Forest University
Colin Powell
United States
World Economic Forum
Jordan
Powell
National Conference of
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tim Russert
Richard Armitage
Negroponte
Armitage
Bremer
CPA
U.S. Agency For International Development
U.S
Abu Ghraib
Heroes of Hate City redefining American patriotism
A analysis argues Washington is ruled by hate politics but a hybrid group of leaders may reshape it. Senators Lugar Biden McCain Hagel and others form a pragmatic coalition while clashes over Iraq and Abu Ghraib highlight a shift from old attack dog tactics to problem solving through cross partisan cooperation. Martin Schram notes Fox News Sunday pairing Lindsey Graham and Hillary Clinton as a symbol of possible balanced progress.
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Washington
America
Potomac
Hate City
Dick Lugar
Joe Biden
Indiana
Delaware
Capitol
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lugar
Sam Nunn
Georgia
Soviet Union
John McCain
John Kerry
McCain
Chuck Hagel
Nebraska
Newt Gingrich
House
Gingrich
Tom DeLay
House of Representatives
Dennis Hastert
Reagan
Supreme Court
Robert Bork
Fox News
Lindsey Graham
South Carolina
Hillary Clinton
New York Democrat
Chicago
Little Rock
Pennsylvania Avenue
Iraq
Abu Ghraib
Graham
Clinton
Bill Clinton
Sen
Armed Services Committee
Chris Wallace
Senate
Eeseek
Eeseek Gordanes
No matter how they feel about The Times grammar debate
The author rails against apostrophe misuse citing a New York Times Almanac editor and the Eats Shoots & Leaves book. He mocks readers who defend punctuation mystifying education levels and notes advertisers’ profits. He sighs over grammar policing while praising clarity in one example sentence.
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New York Times
John Rosenthal
New York Times Almanac
Rosenthal
Him
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Joseph Fiennes
Ae Te
Garry Trudeau
Eka AK -Om
Secretary of State
Bush
J.R. Labbe
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
State Department
John Negroponte
United Nations
Baghdad
Paul Bremer
Coalition Provisional Authority
Jerry Bremer
Etna
Jill
J.R." Labbe
The
W. 7Th Street
Fort Worth
Texas
Star-Telegram.com
Belgium
Louis Michel
Michel
Afghanistan
Martin Schram
New York
Chris
Lindsey
Scripps Howard News Service
DL Stewart
Pentagon
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