Almanac Highlights Today in History and Birthdays
1912 Theodore Roosevelt shot but delivers Milwaukee speech. 1964 MLK Jr wins Nobel Peace Prize for civil rights leadership. 1994 Nobel Peace Prize to Arafat Rabin and Peres over Oslo accords. Birthdays include Eisenhower Gish Cummings Koop Moore Lauren, Girardi Maines Usher Wasikowska. Moon phase notes and 1908 Cubs World Series win.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Martin Luther King Jr
Yasser Arafat
Yitzhak Rabin
Shimon Peres
Lillian Gish
E.E. Cummings
C. Everett Koop
U.S
Roger Moore
Ralph Lauren
Harry Anderson
Joe Girardi
Natalie Maines
Usher
Mia Wasikowska
Chicago Cubs
Detroit Tigers
Obama’s terrorism stance clashes with home front image
Dick Polman analyzes how Barack Obama is seen as hawkish abroad yet weak at home despite drone strikes and a 2011 kill list. The piece notes GOP spin on Democrats being soft, polls showing public concern over economy, and Suskind’s Confidence Men challenging Obama’s economic leadership.
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Barack Obama
America
George H.W. Bush
Michael Dukakis
Jane Fonda
Mitt Romney
Obama
al- Qaida
Sarah Palin
Palin
Tony Soprano
Chips
Osama bin Laden
al-Qaida International
Atiyah Abd al-Rahman
Pakistan
Anwar al-Awlaki
Yemen
al-Qaida
Samir Khan
George W. Bush
Rudy
Giuliani
Washington Post-Abc News
George Bush
White House
Bush
Iraq
ACLU
Awlaki
New Mexico
Washington
U.S
Wall Street Journal
Ron Suskind
Suskind
Voters urged to back Ed Sinegar in 7th Ward race
A former Elyria resident urges 7th Ward voters to elect Ed Sinegar, praising his independence from party leadership and his work as a watchdog with the St Jude Block Watch and tax reform. The letter argues for listening to residents over party dictates and notes Elyria's ongoing road and crime issues.
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Elyria
7Th Ward
Ed Sinegar
Sinegar
Ed Linevar
D L Stewart on Steve Jobs and the iPad
The Dayton Daily News columnist argues Jobs' genius lay in making people want what they did not know they needed. The iPad, praised for its cool factor, became a must have for many despite no clear personal need. It reshaped business, education, and even airline cockpits.
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Steve Jobs
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Wright Brothers
Dallas
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Ohivan
Therapist Sans
Lorain County
Ohio State Extension Office
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Chronicle-Telegram
the Chronicle-Telegram
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D.L. Stewart
Dayton Daily News
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