Almanac highlights and notable birthdays for today
Today marks the 329th day of 2010 and the 65th of autumn with items on history births sports and quotes. Oscar Hammerstein opened the Olympia theater in 1895, George W. Bush created the Homeland Security Department in 2002, and Sugar Ray Leonard won in 1980 after Roberto Duran quit. Notable birthdays include Andrew Carnegie Virgil Thomson Joe DiMaggio Amy Grant Jill Hennessey Christina Applegate and the Bush sisters. The moon phase falls between the Nov 21 full moon and Nov 28 last quarter.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Olympia
New York City
Broadway
George W. Bush
Homeland Security Department
Pennsylvania
Tom Ridge
Andrew Carnegie
Virgil Thomson
Joe DiMaggio
Amy
Suu Kyi's global fight for rights prompts U S action debate
Trudy Rubin argues that Aung San Suu Kyi's defiance of Myanmar's military junta embodies universal rights and that U S strategy should favor targeted financial sanctions and international cooperation. The piece links her struggle to other dissidents like Liu Xiaobo and Khodorkovsky, highlighting obstacles to reform.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar
Burma
Britain
Suu Kyi
United States
America
Congress
U.N
U.S
Obama
Junta
Devas
China
India
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Tom Malinowski
Washington
Human Rights Watch
Iran
Europe
Liu Xiaobo
Oslo
Norway
Beijing
Liu
Carl von Ossietzky
Germany
Russia
Iraq
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Siberia
Khodorkovsky
Vladimir V. Putin
Middle East
Food safety reform urged to protect Thanksgiving meals
Francesca Grifo argues that the FDA and USDA are underfunded and understaffed, failing to prevent contamination and trace outbreaks. She supports stronger oversight, whistleblower protections, and a comprehensive food safety bill to grant broader recall and testing powers and curb industry influence.
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FDA
Bill Clinton
Obama
Congress
Senate
House
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Meg Cabot
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