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Forty seven years ago this week, Lyndon Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater in the biggest landslide since 1936. Today, both left and right see in Goldwater’s defeat the beginnings of the conservative revolution that would bring Ronald Reagan into office in 1980. Missed in this thesis, though, is how 1964 was a prime example of modern [...]

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As someone who blogs about Israel and Palestine almost daily, I elicit many reactions — from left-wing supporters and hostile right-wing detractors. Naturally the two groups don’t agree on much of anything but sometimes supporters and detractors make the same mistake: they assume (or charge) that I am anti-Israel. To be fair, it is mostly [...]

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Oct 23 2011 Exclusive by Heather Greenaway, Sunday Mail jimmy reid, UCS shipbuilders Image 2 MANY of the world’s most stirring and memorable speeches have been made by Scots or delivered in Scotland by important figures. From the political oratories of Jimmy Reid and Margaret Thatcher to the words of miss Jean Brodie and Renton [...]

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BEHIND EVERY GREAT PRESIDENT… Monday, October 17, 2011 Caroline O’Doherty looks at a job that comes with no guidelines: the role of presidential spouse. IT comes with no defined duties, no agreed title and no salary, but the role of presidential spouse is undeniably an important job that can have an enormous influence on how [...]

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Guy’s latest book, Enchantment, was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. of the 225 customer reviews currently posted on Amazon, over 90% are highly positive. I enjoyed the book as well, as evidenced by the review I wrote at the time of its release, which you can read HERE. I even plan [...]

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Even in times when the banking industry was more popular in America, this is the kind of tactic that probably wouldn’t originate from the win-friends-and-influence-people department. PNC Financial Services Group, the region’s biggest bank, is in the process of deposing its own customers in an effort to prove a case against 10 former Western Pennsylvania [...]

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Re: Vikings runs over Moscow 55-0/Jason Elliott, CdA Press the following is the 2nd item from my Huckleberries print column Sunday: “You may know that 4A Moscow High considered forfeiting its football game with no. 1-ranked 5A Coeur d’Alene High on Friday, for safety’s sake. but did you know that Vik Booster Club prez Chris Costa [...]

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This is a book review of Dale Carnegie’s all time international classic How to Win Friends and Influence People. It is a fairly large review with the occasional diversion from the topic because I feel it is appropriate for this classic book. The original version of this book was written in 1937 with just 5,000 [...]

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GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight, if your job review were this bad, you’d be fired! Gallup has a government job review, and here it is. Most Americans, 81 percent, say the federal government is doing a crummy job. Now, that’s a 42 percent increase over the last 10 years. So should everyone in [...]

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some of the most common ones a re: – a reserved parking space next to the building – an office with a window (corner offices and those on top floors best) – executive dining room privileges – wet bar in office – jacuzzi adjoining office – Blackberry email device supplied by the company – a [...]

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