Leftwich, Legursky Break Camp With Steelers Aug 19, 2008
and Woodrow Wilson High School. Asked how camp was going, with long snapping and playing guard, Legursky was quick to the point. (Goherd.com)
Pitruzzello making a good program better Aug 19, 2008
"If all the monies are in order, we will construct locker rooms under the new football stadium (which will be built on the site of the old Woodrow Wilson Middle School located to the west of the new high school)," said Pitruzzello. The new stadium will seat 2,000, have an artificial surface, press box, concession stand and lights. (Middletown Press, CT)
MONDAY: Musharraf resigning as Pakistani president Aug 19, 2008
But in spite of the fluid developments, Musharraf already had been a declining factor in Pakistani politics in that he not only was under threat of impeachment, but also had ceased running the army and belonged to the party that lost elections, said Dennis Kux, a former diplomat and now a senior policy scholar at the the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, in Washington. "He was already a has been," Kux said during a telephone interview Monday. (USA Today)
As Musharraf exits, Pakistan's transition could be rocky Aug 19, 2008
"What's very troubling for the Americans is most Pakistanis think that the war on terror is not their war. It's our war," said Dennis Kux of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. AUDIO. (USA Today)
Maps will show history of downtown Aug 18, 2008
BOYHOOD HOME OF WOODROW WILSON At 419 Seventh St., this building was owned by First Presbyterian Church as a home for its pastor, Joseph Ruggles WIlson, the father of Thomas Woodrow Wilson. Reader Comments Note: Comments are not edited and don't represent the views of The Augusta Chronicle. (The Augusta Chronicle)
The Fives: As political conventions approach, a nation yawns Aug 18, 2008
The ensuing split -- Roosevelt went on to form the Bull Moose Party and the closest thing to a third party victory in the history of modern politics -- guaranteed victory for the Democratic candidate, Woodrow Wilson. The presidential race of 1948 is perhaps the most fascinating of the 20th Century. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Estrada enjoying the Olympic experience Aug 16, 2008
He attended Lincoln, Jefferson, Woodrow Wilson and Hanford West schools, his aunt, Brenda Vasquez said. Vasquez recalled how he would sometimes spar with fighters from Lemoore Naval Air Station. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Photo Gallery Aug 15, 2008
Woodrow Wilson was president, the Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday with a minimum wage of $5 a day and baseball legend Babe Ruth made his major league debut with the Red Sox. Several Story County Medical Center employees enjoyed a barbecue meal last Friday "on the house," or "on the Foundation." The meal was sponsored and served by members of the Story County Medical Center Endowment Foundation in celebration of SCMC employees reaching the "half-way" mark toward their... (Nevada Journal, IA)
Clara Through the Ages Aug 15, 2008
Woodrow Wilson was president, the Ford Motor Company announced an eight-hour workday with a minimum wage of $5 a day and baseball legend Babe Ruth made his major league debut with the Red Sox. There have been many changes in the last 94 years. (Nevada Journal, IA)
Baldwin Elementary to offer piano lab, extra art classes and martial arts Aug 13, 2008
Music instructor Donna Rose, who split her duties between Woodrow Wilson and Baldwin, will be full time at Baldwin this year. Lilian White will assist Rose in teaching piano. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Careful with that globe Aug 13, 2008
So far, though, most scholarly conversation about these issues has been "piecemeal," said Andrew Maynard, chief science adviser for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington. "It leaves the door open for people to do something that is going to cause long-term problems.". (International Herald Tribune)
Ty Cobb: Safe at Home Aug 12, 2008
He only had one paragraph that mentioned Ty Cobb, and it was to the effect that Woodrow Wilson, when governor-elect of New Jersey, had visited Augusta where he had spent many growing up years and on that visit saw Augusta resident Ty Cobb act in a play in the Grand Opera House called The College Widow, in which Cobb played, not a baseball player, but a college football player. That one paragraph struck me on several levels. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Betty Manley, 65, took full advantage of new heart Aug 12, 2008
Ms. Manley earned a master's in education from Georgia State University and a juris doctorate from Woodrow Wilson School of Law. She taught at GSU and Emory University, worked as a juvenile court probation officer and family therapist, and founded two companies: Atlanta Divorce Mediators and Mediation Training Institute. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
EPA to Regulate Nanoproducts Sold As Germ-Killing Aug 10, 2008
"This is something of a test case," said Andrew Maynard, chief scientific adviser for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "Nanotechnology can mean so many different things," Maynard said, because the technology is used to make a variety of products. (Yahoo News -- Nanotechnology)
New theme, same goal Aug 10, 2008
Frank M. Witowski Jr./Daily PressWoodrow Wilson Elementary students Alecia Aquilar, (left), Alexis Griffith and Chloe Thomason enjoy participating in a math lab activity while visiting the campus Friday afternoon ... Published: Saturday, August 9, 2008 5:26 PM CDT The staff, students and parents at Woodrow Wilson Elementary are excited about the new programs that will be offered this fall as it becomes the school for math, technology and International Studies ... The teachers have been showing... (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
One diplomat's many journeys on display Aug 10, 2008
Hanson pointed out that President Woodrow Wilson, who was once president of the university, signed Dulles' diploma in 1908. Dulles later served under Wilson as a representative in the United Nations. (NJ.com -- Times)
Neadom Roberts: An unsung Trenton hero Aug 10, 2008
Roberts, who grew up at 249 Church St. and went to Trenton's blacks-only Lincoln School, was 17 when he joined the U.S. Army, heeding the call of President Woodrow Wilson to "make the world safe for democracy'' and joining a swell of black Americans encouraged to show their patriotism by civil rights pioneer W.E.B. DuBois. After not much training, Roberts found himself in France's Argonne forest as a private in the army of Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing, positioned as a picket on the front... (The Trentonian, NJ)
Big questions on tiny, tiny technology Aug 9, 2008
David Rejeski directs the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and is a member of the advisory committee that oversaw the Cambridge recommendations. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
HE WAS ALWAYS A FAKE Aug 9, 2008
There are many honorable people in politics who aren't cheaters - but the ones who rise to the top have a disproportionate problem with staying true to their spouses: FDR, Bill Clinton, John Kennedy, Woodrow Wilson, Lyndon Johnson to name a few. Even the "honorable" cheated on his first wife with his current wife Cindy - earning him the ire of the Reagans, who excommunicated him from their circle of friends. (New York Post -- Opinions)
In Review of High Court Term, Justice Kennedy Still the Man in the Middle Aug 8, 2008
"We have a lot of new constitutional law," said of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs. "Kennedy takes a functional approach to whether the Constitution applies: who are you -- your relationship to the United States; where are you held; and how hard is it for the courts and the government to give effect to the constitutional right.". (Law.com)
Five-step check for nano safety Aug 8, 2008
But Dr Maynard, from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC, and colleagues say that the way science is carried out means it is ill-equipped to address novel risks from emerging technologies. Research into understanding and preventing risk often has a low priority in the world of technology development, research funding and intellectual property, they say. (Yahoo News -- Nanotechnology)
An Anniversary to Forget Aug 7, 2008
Take Woodrow Wilson, please. He covered up so well his affair with a paid-off Mary Hulbert Peck that he was elected governor of New Jersey in 1910 and president in 1912, both times running as a candidate of private and public integrity. (Townhall.com)
PSD board makes personnel change (2) Aug 7, 2008
In addition, the board approved the hiring of Jerry Dickson as a bus driver and Nicole Babcock as a nurse at Woodrow Wilson Elementary. ADVERTISEMENT. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Georgia Key to Democracy Building in Caucasus Aug 6, 2008
" And in January of this year, Mr. Saakashvili was re-elected, saying he would pursue many of the policies he began during his first term in office.Sources of tensionsAnalysts say many of the tensions between Russia and Moscow can be attributed to Mr. Saakashvili's pro-western policies, including his goal of membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization - or NATO. During a recent trip to Georgia, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice repeated Washington's support for Georgia's NATO... (Voice of America)
He Is Who He Is Aug 6, 2008
(I doubt He had in mind Woodrow Wilson on the $100,000 bill or Grover Cleveland on the $1,000. . (Townhall.com)
Woman's body found under Jackson bridge Aug 5, 2008
Shortly after midnight Sunday, a citizen flagged down a police officer advising that the body of a female was lying underneath the Woodrow Wilson Boulevard bridge near Mill Street. An investigation determined that the female had been shot. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Notes, Quotes From Day One-2008 Herd Football Aug 4, 2008
Former Beckley /Woodrow Wilson High and MU center was re-signed by the on Saturday, when the team cut rokie kicker Julian Rauch. Legursky signed as a free agent in the spring, but was cut at the end of June although he may play in the Steelers' first pre-season game on Friday at home versus the. (Goherd.com)
Why I won't cast a vote for president Aug 3, 2008
Even the beloved Teddy Roosevelt fell to Woodrow Wilson in 1912 when Roosevelt ran on the Bull Moose ticket. Now imagine the message it would send if no one showed up on Nov. 4. (The Augusta Chronicle)
From torches to T-shirts Aug 3, 2008
Years later, Woodrow Wilson also gave emblazoned straight razors to support his campaign. Other campaign paraphernalia has evolved. (Odessa American, TX)
Former school will house multiple services for residents Aug 2, 2008
Holly Hill Town Councilman Woodrow Wilson expressed concern concerning the upkeep of the grounds at the site during a council meeting on July 7. Jeffers said while one individual is sent periodically to mow the grass, he would see if the county could do a little more to keep the property looking better. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Anti-United Nations measure stalls in House vote Aug 2, 2008
Following WWI our president, Woodrow Wilson, proposed a League of Nations, but Americans believed we were insulated from future world wars by the moats of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans ... Roger Koch, The treasonous president, Woodrow Wilson, bears responsibility for selling out our country to the privately owned federal reserve, as well as imposing unconstitutional taxation upon Americans for the benefit of corporations. (Yahoo News -- United Nations)
* Lack of 'consensus' mention in speech not important: KMT Aug 1, 2008
Yang delivered a speech in Washington on Tuesday at the inauguration of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Yang said the issue of Taiwan was the most important and most sensitive issue between China and the US. This story has been viewed 453 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
New on DVD: The Stones, vampires and a boxer betrayed Aug 1, 2008
To quote the title of Gene Smith's staple 1964 bio of twilight Woodrow Wilson: "When the Cheering Stopped." A good companion to 2004's The Fight (PBS/Paramount; used copies available online) about the groundbreaking heavyweight's two politically transcendent bouts with Germany's Max Schmeling. Back story: The first black sports hero beloved by whites was generous to a fault with his money, and the IRS came calling, or hounding, as most everybody said. (USA Today -- Life)
Man arrested in school burglary Aug 1, 2008
The Emergency Operations Center received a call Thursday morning around 4:45 a.m. that there was a person running around inside of Woodrow Wilson School on North Main Street. Danville Police found a man running away from the building. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
MHS goes 'Footloose' for LaRosa fundraiser Aug 1, 2008
"Footloose" will be performed at the Middletown High School (soon to be Woodrow Wilson Middle School) auditorium on 370 Hunting Hill Road tonight and Saturday at 7 p.m., followed by a matinee performance Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets - $8 for adults and $5 for students - will be sold at the door. The production is completely student run, produced and performed. (Middletown Press, CT)
W will only fuel the myth surrounding Dubya Aug 1, 2008
Woodrow Wilson got his biopic two decades after he died, FDR's still waiting, and only JFK had a major film made about him while he was still president (PT 109, starring Cliff Robertson). Bush's lot, by contrast, have strutted across the screen in such revisionist propaganda as DC 9/11: Time of Crisis, and The Path to 9/11. (guardian.co.uk)
* Bush shares human rights worries with Chinese dissidents Jul 31, 2008
Hadley appeared with Yang later at the Woodrow Wilson Center, a Washington think tank. Yang also met US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ready, Set, Go! Jul 31, 2008
Frank M. Witowski Jr./Daily PressWoodrow Wilson Elementary teacher Tammy Cole helps student Hunter Bishop during the Ready Set Go ... This is a wonderful program, Woodrow Wilson elementary school teacher Sharon Houston said ... Woodrow Wilson Elementary s new principal Michael Allen said the program is just as beneficial to the parents as it is to the students. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Analysis: Bush's foreign focus emphasizes alliances Jul 31, 2008
"There's been a big shift from many of his earlier policies towards a more realistic, pragmatic approach," says Lee Hamilton, president of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and a former House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman. Bush's interest in faraway lands was evident in his schedule Wednesday. (USA Today -- News)
Newspaper mourns loss of veteran sports editor Jul 30, 2008
He graduated from Middletown's Woodrow Wilson High School in 1965 and earned a BA in English from the University of Connecticut in 1969. At UConn, Levy was the sports editor of the Connecticut Daily Campus. (Shoreline Times, CT)
Bush Meets With Chinese Activists Over Olympics Jul 30, 2008
Hadley appeared with Yang later at the Woodrow Wilson Center ... Yang said at the Woodrow Wilson Center that his country has made tremendous progress in human rights. (Fox News)
LETTERS: NCT, July 29, 2008 Jul 30, 2008
Woodrow Wilson truly violated the 4th Amendment by rounding up people for expressing their political views -- The Red Scare -- and deporting themw ithout hearings or tirals. Woodrow Wilson invaded Mexico twice in two years just so he could prepare us to go to war in Europe for no legitimate reason ... Woodrow Wilson re-segregated the U.S. Government and violated the 14th Amendment millions of times in the process. (North County Times)
Supplies and demand: 'Free' education can really add up Jul 29, 2008
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High-Tech Speed Limit Jul 29, 2008
(AP) - Nighttime drivers on the Capital Beltway near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge will soon encounter the latest in traffic management technology -- a speed limit that changes depending on the degree of congestion. The variable speed limit goes into effect Monday. (WTVR.com, VA)
Local officials move toward monitoring nanotechnologies Jul 29, 2008
" Meanwhile, California Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D), a member of the Assembly's Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials, is holding meetings at major state universities and research centers with representatives from industry, government, environmental groups and others in an effort to craft legislation for introduction in 2009 that would establish a state nanotechnology regulatory program, according to an April article in Inside Cal/EPA. ### The Cambridge recommendations are... (EurekAlert!)
More scrutiny for outgoing Grady CEO Jul 28, 2008
She has said she received a law degree from the now-defunct Woodrow Wilson College of Law in Atlanta. Woodrow Wilson student records now in the custody of Oglethorpe University show Stephenson attended the school from 1976 to 1979 but don't reflect that she graduated, according to the registrar's office. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
VDOT to Manage Traffic with Variable Speed Limit Jul 28, 2008
Nighttime drivers on the Capital Beltway near the Woodrow Wilson Bridge will soon encounter the latest in traffic management technology -- a speed limit that changes depending on the degree of congestion. The variable speed limit goes into effect overnight tonight at the Telegraph Road work zone. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Golfer drives for better math and science education Mickelson at Liberty Science Center as part of teacher training academy Jul 26, 2008
Attendees included nine teachers from the Bayonne school district: Kristen Calabrese, Nancy Jaros, Gerald Murphy, and Kathleen Ryan of Philip Vroom School; Annmarie Padula of Woodrow Wilson School; Mary Doolan and Marissa Pacilio of Mary J. Donahue School; Stacy Casais of P.S. 14; and Jillian Guerra of Lincoln School. America not on par. (West New York Reporter, NJ)
The Birth of a Nation Jul 26, 2008
When Woodrow Wilson saw a screening of this movie, he exclaimed, "It's like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all terribly true." However, the movie is not historically accurate. Instead, it further divides a nation and does not further the cause for racial unity in the country at that time. (Suite101.com)
Obama is long on sugar, short on reality Jul 26, 2008
Woodrow Wilson and George W. Bush preached their own gospels of world democracy. Barack Obama is certainly a true American. (Albany Times Union)
Some push to oust Stephenson as head of Grady board Jul 26, 2008
She has said she received a law degree from the now-defunct Woodrow Wilson College of Law in Atlanta. Woodrow Wilson student records now in the custody of Oglethorpe University show that Stephenson attended the school from 1976 to 1979, but don't reflect that she graduated, according to the registrar's office. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
A life worth remembering Jul 26, 2008
"My English teacher at Woodrow Wilson taught me what a plural possessive is and that's a plural possessive." So when I wrote for The Press it was girls basketball and when I wrote for Hal, it was girls' basketball. He had opinions. (Middletown Press, CT)
Political Analogies Are Like Toothbrushes Jul 25, 2008
With history-bookworm Karl Rove in charge of President Bush's image, the 43rd chief executive was variously described as the 21st century's Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, and (most reverently) Ronald Reagan, to name just a few. But even with Rove bounced from his role as--analogy alert. (CBS News)
Bedford VA hospital celebrates 80th year Jul 25, 2008
During World War I, she served on special assignment in France and England at the behest of President Woodrow Wilson to examine the medical care of wounded soldiers. Rogers also served as a nurse with the American Red Cross in France and later, at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Opinion: India's global ambition and the nuclear deal Jul 25, 2008
Manjari Chatterjee Miller is a post-doctoral fellow at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and an affiliate of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. She is working on a book about Indian and Chinese foreign policy. (Christian Science Monitor)
Playing innocent abroad Jul 25, 2008
John Adams thought America would emancipate "the slavish part of mankind all over the earth." Woodrow Wilson and George W. Bush preached their own gospels of world democracy. Barack Obama is certainly a true American. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Political Risk Watch: Nanotechnology Jul 25, 2008
"The future of nanotechnology is extraordinary," said J. Clarence Davies, a former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official who now serves as a senior adviser to the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington. "When you start crossing it with synthetic biology and artificial intelligence and so on, science fiction looks very pale in comparison.". (Forbes -- Business)
A Lesson In History Jul 24, 2008
Woodrow Wilson helped enshrine the idea of self-determination, and FDR (along with Eleanor Roosevelt) provided much of the impetus and political capital for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But Widmer fails to convince the reader that these developments derived from a peculiarly American idea of liberty, or that they were impelled by intellectual or idealistic considerations more so than by pragmatic ones. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Personnel Announcement Jul 24, 2008
The President intends to appoint Mark R. Dybul, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Government Representative), for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 10/23/10. . (White House News Releases)
War hero given Rough Rider award Jul 24, 2008
LOADING Jul 24, 2008 - 04:06:31 CDT By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press Writer HANKINSON - The late Woodrow Wilson Keeble, the only full-blooded Sioux Indian to receive the nation's top military honor, has now been given North Dakota's highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider award. At Wednesday's ceremony, Gov. John Hoeven unveiled a portrait of Keeble that will hang in the state Capitol. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Sub, sailors worth remembering Jul 24, 2008
The six Pennsylvanians who went down with the Grunion are, in addition to Mr. Pancoast and Mr. Parziale, Electrician's Mate First Class Woodrow Wilson Lehman of Mercer and Seaman First Class Albert Ullman, Executive Officer Millener Weaver Thomas and Electrician's Mate Second Class Raymond Eugene Webster, all of Philadelphia. Brian O'Neill can be reached at or 412-263-1947. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Deciphering White House Policy On Iran Jul 23, 2008
The Woodrow Wilson Centers Aaron David Miller, who has followed the region for several decades, says the move to send Burns to Geneva shows the administrations, capacity for pleasant surprises is still pretty high. . (CBS News)
EPA to Regulate Nanoproducts Sold As Germ-Killing Jul 23, 2008
"This is something of a test case," said Andrew Maynard, chief scientific adviser for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Washington-based Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "Nanotechnology can mean so many different things," Maynard said, because the technology is used to make a variety of products. (Yahoo News -- Nanotechnology)
Beijing trying to reduce pollution before Olympics Jul 23, 2008
"For about 20 years, they have gotten rid of coal-burning in the city, but in the surrounding provinces, coal-burning has increased, so there are some things outside of the purview of the blue sky plan," said Jennifer Turner, director of the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington. "There could be pollutants from outside the city blowing in.". (Yahoo News)
Nanotech Advocates Push More Oversight, Funding Jul 23, 2008
A report due Wednesday from the nonpartisan Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars contends that the White House should direct federal agencies to apply existing laws more effectively and strengthen nanotech oversight. The study's lead author, J. Clarence "Terry" Davies, is a scientific adviser to the Washington, D.C., group who served as an administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency under the first President Bush. (Investors Business Daily)
