Opinion: Obama-Biden, McCain-Palin, and the experience question Sep 4, 2008
Except for a stint in Europe as a National Guard officer in World War I, he was not well-traveled. Despite doubts about his qualifications for office, it was he as president who had to make the difficult decisions to use the atomic bomb, commit American forces to Korea, and help create the United Nations. (Christian Science Monitor)
Honoring Sacrifice Sep 4, 2008
Inscribed on The Wall are the names of the 417 Stanislaus residents who have died in wars since World War I. ... So, after World War II broke out, it was no surprise when Stevens joined the Army's 82nd Airborne Division ... The Saturday evening affair will be conducted in Hangar 1-S, evoking the spirit and feel of a 1940s USO show, complete with World War II-vintage aircraft and vehicles. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Baseball Today Sep 4, 2008
The Series was started early due to World War I. ... The Series was started early due to World War I.. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Country club at heart of Diablo Sep 4, 2008
On the eve of World War I, Robert Burgess converted 128 acres of what was then the 6,000-acre Oakwood Park Stock Farm into the ... During World War II, gas and food rationing took a toll, and the club went heavily into debt, according to Stone s account. (East Bay Business Times, CA)
Toronto film fest includes Spike Lee, Coens movies Sep 4, 2008
He hopes for the same this time with the World War II drama Miracle at St. Anna, which plays Toronto in advance of its Sept. 26 theatrical release ... Begun in the 1970s to promote Canadian film, the festival continues to showcase homegrown works, including Thursday's opening-night premiere, the World War I saga Passchendaele, directed by Paul Gross, who also stars. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
U.S. President Harry S. Truman Sep 3, 2008
He served as a Captain in the field artillery in France in World War I. He returned to his native Missouri after the war and married his childhood sweetheart Bess Wallace. He became a successful farmer and was an active member of the Democratic party. (Suite101.com)
Former Local Weatherman Dies Sep 3, 2008
He earned his nickname when he came on set wearing the uniform of a World War I flying ace to promote a charity hot air balloon ride. Besides providing more than 15,000 weathercasts, Ambrose made the 10Toy Drive a local tradition, providing gifts for thousands of children. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
France mourns former archbishop Sep 3, 2008
The former Archbishop of Paris, who died on Sunday aged 80, was born Aaron Lustiger to Polish Jews who had settled in France before World War I. ... Cardinal Lustiger became a Catholic at the start of World War II.. (Yahoo News -- France)
Coen Brothers, Spike Lee, Che Highlight Scaled-Down Toronto Film Festival Sep 3, 2008
Co-director Cameron Bailey said the event, which opens tomorrow with the World War I drama ``Passchendaele,'' was in danger of becoming too big ... For those attracted to marquee directors, there's the Coen brothers' comedy ``,'' Spike Lee's World War II story ``Miracle at St. Anna,'' 's two-part Che Guevara biopic ``Che'' and Mike Leigh's. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Rexburg store's last round up Sep 3, 2008
Half of the antique store is dedicated to Ray's personal collection of World War I, World War II, Civil War and Vietnam memorabilia. Some of the oldest items in the collection include a Civil War saddle, an 1865 newspaper declaring the surrender of Lee to Grant, and a rifle from the Civil War. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Toronto film festival set to kick off Oscar season Sep 3, 2008
The 33rd version of the festival opens Thursday with the gala presentation of Passchendaele, Canadian director Paul Gross's take on the catastrophic World War I battle ... Among the 116 world premieres will be Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna about a group of African-American U.S. soldiers in Italy in World War II, and The Lucky Ones, about returning Iraq War veterans on a road trip home starring Tim Robbins. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
How do Dems attack Gov. Palin? Sep 2, 2008
I also look forward in you efforts to imprison me like what President Woodrow Wilson did to 150,000 of our citizens during World War I. The genie is out of the bottle, Madame Speaker. Good luck trying to put it back in. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Rants and raves Sep 2, 2008
He got us into World War I and before that he got snookered into signing the unconstitutional Federal Reserve System act that continues to slowly and surely consign us to the dustbin. IRAN IS TRAINING assassin teams to sneak into Iraq and knock off leaders and U.S. soldiers. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Clemson to Honor the Military on Saturday, September 6, 2008 Sep 2, 2008
During the early days of World War I, a Blue Star was used to represent each person, man or woman in the Military Service of the United States. As the war progressed and men were killed in combat, others wounded and died of their wounds or disease, there came about the accepted usage of the Gold Star. (Clemsontigers.com)
"Burn After Reading": Up in flames? Sep 2, 2008
Beyond the Multiplex - Salon. Tuesday, Sep 2, 2008. (Salon)
KGTV's Ambrose dies at 69 Sep 2, 2008
Ambrose wore a World War I flying-ace costume to promote a charity hot-air ballon ride, earing him the honorary title. And more recently Ambrose, along with other 1970s-era news anchors, helped inspire the characters for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, a movie about San Diego television news reporters. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Raghu Krishnan: Money-tree Sep 1, 2008
I think I shall never see/a poem lovely as a tree, Alfred Joyce Kilmer wrote a few years before he died in World War I. Poems are made by fools like me/but only God can make a tree, he had added. For those who still dont get the message, Singapores National Parks Board (NPB) had a few years ago come up with a scheme for putting dollar-values to trees in a bid to deter developers from cutting them down. (India Times)
Trips give students a broader look at life Sep 1, 2008
The group s itinerary included Germany, France and England, where they viewed cultural and historic sites such as the Louvre in Paris and the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles, where the World War I Armistice was signed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. Those historical events come to life for the kids, Downs said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Sign of the times Aug 31, 2008
" She jabbed a button and, with a groan and a creak, a huge slab slid back and let us into one of Moscow's key Cold War nuclear bunkers. It was decked out with its own air, water and food supplies for 2,500 people, should the city have come under nuclear attack. With Russia and the West now exchanging accusations about starting a new Cold War, it seemed a good place to go, once hidden in a leafy street near the Moscow River and just off Taganskaya Square, where it linked up to the Metro station... (BBC News)
MI5's pigeon plot to spread false D-Day rumours Aug 31, 2008
The revelations come in newly-released files on World War II called Channels for deception ... The deception operations surrounding the Normandy landings are considered by some historians to be the most important of World War II. ... The use of pigeons in intelligence has its origins in World War I when the British dropped pigeons inside baskets attached to parachutes and balloons to gather intelligence. (BBC News -- UK)
Compassionate Conservatism: The transformation of Obama Aug 31, 2008
And the inevitable counter-reaction of Republicans will leave Washington, once again, a World War I battlefield of trenches and grudges. Some illusions have also been lost. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
* World News Quick Take Aug 31, 2008
UNITED KINGDOM World War I survivor dies A 109-year-old woman believed to be the last surviving female veteran of World War I has died, Britains Ministry of Defense said ... Powers death brings the total number of remaining World War I veterans to three. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Obama's Very Un-JFK Moment Aug 31, 2008
David R. Stokes :: Townhall. Columns, funnies in your inbox. (Townhall.com)
Piedmont, Italy Aug 31, 2008
Coolest souvenir: A bottle of Barbera d'Asti given to me by the owner of a winery that was once a silk factory where my great-grandmother toiled during World War I.. Worth a splurge: Staying at one of the agriturismo sites that dot the Piedmont region. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Why not honeymoon in Hayward? Aug 31, 2008
They were first built in 1920 and 1921 by veterans who were returning from service in World War I. The Civilian Conserva-tion Corps and other federal programs made further improvements to the park. Although I enjoyed Copper Falls, I was even more excited when we walked around the corner and discovered Brownstone Falls. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Artists colonize a harbor outpost Aug 30, 2008
On Bumpkin, that history includes a World War I-era naval training station ... Then there's that woman lurking in the underbrush, who also has an interest in Bumpkin Island's role in World War I. She's historian Hanna Rose Shell, one of three artists calling themselves "The Camoufleurs." Shell will wear a leaf-covered ghillie suit, a type of camouflage designed to look like heavy foliage that was used during World War I, and invite visitors to make their own. (Boston Globe)
Utah State Football Supplemental Notes at UNLV Saturday Aug 30, 2008
The Aggies beat Utah, 12-0, in 1892, but then did not field a team until 1896, when they again only played one game but then played every year since with the exceptions of 1918 due to World War I and influenza cancelled the season and 1943 due to World War II.. A USU Win Would. (Utahstateaggies.com)
Sir Winston Churchill: The British ... Aug 30, 2008
Churchill spent many years essentially retired from the political arena and concentrate on chronicling his version of the events of World War I and working on other literary projects ... When World War II broke out the current Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain once again called upon Winston Churchill and reinstated him to his old title of Lord of the Admiralty and made Churchill a member of his war cabinet. (Suite101.com)
'Last' female WWI veteran dies Aug 30, 2008
A woman thought to have been the last surviving female veteran of World War I has died, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said. Gladys Powers died aged 109 in British Colombia, Canada, earlier this month. (BBC News)
Whartons skewering of society ever pertinent Aug 30, 2008
Set before World War I, his society would not forgive him if he left his bride for a worldly woman from Europe. So he marries, settles down, and propagates a family. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Hits and misses Aug 30, 2008
HIT: The perseverance of Wayne Hedgpeth to see his great-uncle Neadom Roberts of Trenton honored for his heroic acts as a soldier in World War I. Roberts, one of the few black Americans to fight in World War I, was awarded France's highest decoration for bravery for saving the lives of his fellow soldiers. Unfortunately, his feats have not been recognized by the United States government. (NJ.com -- Times)
The last veteran Aug 30, 2008
Article By: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:05 A 109-year-old woman believed to be the last surviving female veteran of World War I has died, Britain's Ministry of Defence said ... Most of the service records of the women who served in World War I were destroyed during the Blitz in 1940, making it impossible to formally confirm her time in the military ... Powers' death brings the total number of remaining World War I veterans to three. (iAfrica.com)
Harper Woos `New Canadians' to Erode Liberals' Base, Seek Tory Majority Aug 30, 2008
Since taking office in 2006, Harper has apologized to native Canadians and ethnic Chinese for past mistreatment, assured the Jewish group that his commitment to Israel was ``unshakeable,'' told worshippers at Calgary's biggest mosque they represented a ``benevolent'' Islam and granted money to the internment of Eastern Europeans in World War I.. It may be a tough sell in the coming elections, expected as early as October. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Pushing Russia Into the Cold Aug 30, 2008
Thus, over the fate of an Abyssinian slave empire, Britain drove her faithful World War I ally into the arms of a Nazi dictator Mussolini loathed and had wished to confront beside Britain. And Abyssinia was overrun. (Human Events Online)
Obama's Columns Aug 30, 2008
That structure, part of an athletic stadium designed in 1919 by Holabird & Roche, commemorated World War I soldiers, hence the name. So the symbolic messages of the much-maligned Temple of Obama are not only "Lincoln," "Martin Luther King," and "White House," but also "Chicago," "war memorial" and "ancient Greece: birthplace of democracy.". (Slate)
First public flight, a century ago, Americans witnessed aviation marvel Aug 29, 2008
Soon after the June Bug success, the Wrights went to court to try to keep Curtiss planes off the market in a labyrinthine dispute only set aside with America's entry into World War I in 1917. "I'm well aware of their genius but I think the Wright brothers also hampered the development of American aviation through patents and court battles," Doherty said. (Carroll County Times)
New light on battle mystery Aug 29, 2008
The records were found in Munich, having been sent there after World War I because the formation that opposed the Australians at Fromelles was Bavarian. They have remained untouched for decades. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
A matter of death and life Aug 29, 2008
Their team was instrumental in verifying the existence of 300 or so World War I diggers, both Australian and British, who have lain, lost for 90 years in German-dug pits in a field next to the picturesque Pheasant Wood. Why. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Liberian ex-warlord dodges questions at hearing Aug 28, 2008
Over the next five years, they fought their way to Monrovia and attacked the capital three times in 2003 _ battles so devastating Liberians refer to them as World War I, World War II and World War III.. The U.S. sent warships off the country's coast. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Family Footsteps Aug 28, 2008
Tonight, graphic artist Joanna Kambourian travels from northern NSW to Armenia, the country her great-great-grandfather fled under a cloud of shame after World War I. It's a journey of discovery as she learns about life in a tiny village and the family history her own father never knew. Some aspects could have been better explained. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Russia sets off alarm bells Aug 28, 2008
Comparing the current tension between Russia and the West to that prevailing on the eve of World War I (1914-1917), he said that a dangerous new freeze in relations appeared unavoidable ... In fact, it was a precursor to World War II (1939-1945), that was followed by some four decades of Cold War between the ideological blocs led by the United States on the one hand and the then Soviet Union on the other. (Asia Times Online)
Infotainment Aug 28, 2008
1916 Italys declaration of war against Germany takes effect during World War I.. 1928 All-Party Congress at Lucknow, India, votes for dominion status within British Empire. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
Animal Intelligence and the Evolution of the Human Mind Aug 28, 2008
During World War I, German psychologist Wolfgang K. hler, for example, showed that chimpanzees, when confronted with fruit hanging from a high ceiling, devised an ingenious way to get it: they stacked boxes to stand on to reach the fruit. (Scientific American)
Alumna has one up on Ceres High -- she's 101 to its 100 Aug 28, 2008
She was five when the Titanic sank, and seven when World War I began. She was 34 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, 56 when President Kennedy was assassinated and 94 when the 9-11 terrorist attacks occurred in 2001. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Community takes a shine to West Medford league's game Aug 28, 2008
Until the early 1970s, players from other leagues in Medford did not venture over to Dugger Park, the first public park to be named in honor of an African-American - World War I soldier Edward Dugger - in the Boston suburbs. Players thought the home-court advantage at Dugger was too big an obstacle. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
City zoning board to consider permit for new bed and breakfast Aug 27, 2008
McGrady has renovated and remodeled the long-vacant building, which was constructed during the World War I era by the United Brethren Church. He said he hopes to open an inn with five-bedrooms, each containing a private bathroom by the fall. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Countdown Until USU's 110th Season Opener Continues Aug 27, 2008
The Aggies beat Utah, 12-0, in 1892, but then did not field a team until 1896, when they again only played one game but then played every year since with the exceptions of 1918 due to World War I and influenza cancelled the season and 1943 due to World War II, and have played every year since. Aggie Fact of the Day: Junior safety tied for the team lead with three interceptions last season but lead the Aggies with 96 return yards, a mark that ranked fourth in the WAC and was good for ninth on... (Utahstateaggies.com)
In My Blogyard: Road paved with danger for veterans Aug 27, 2008
Near the end of World War I, DuPont stored explosives on that land as part of a government contract. A 2,000-acre TNT production complex between 4; Mile and 7 Mile roads was one focus of a book Nick Weber compiled on the history of Caledonia. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
The Presidents Collection Aug 27, 2008
Woodrow Wilson: -- Mini documentaries on race relations, women's suffrage, labor rights and more -- Profiles of key figures in Wilson's life -- Interviews with filmmakers and scholars -- Jaco Riis photo gallery Special Features (cont'd): -- World War I Poster art Gallery -- A Scholars' Forum on Wilson's Legacy George H.W. Bush: -- Going Negative. Bush insiders and the 1988 campaign -- Parachute jump with the U.S. Army Golden Knights -- Teacher's Guide The Kennedys: -- JFK's Hidden Life:... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Henri Cartan, at 104; inspired postwar math revival in France Aug 26, 2008
NEW YORK - Henri Cartan, a mathematician known for meticulous proofs and for inspiring a revival of mathematics in France after World War II, died in Paris on Aug. 13 ... Many of France's top mathematicians and scientists had died during World War I. ... Again, after World War II, Dr. Cartan, who stayed in Paris while many mathematicians left for other countries, inspired a revival of the study of math in France. (Boston Globe)
Let's talk about World War III Aug 26, 2008
It is time to seriously contemplate World War III. The most important elements are already in place ... Let us try to imagine how World War III might start ... World War I started with the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz-Ferdinand by Serbs in Sarajevo. (Asia Times Online)
Soldier flock tends to historic church Aug 26, 2008
Those graves are for Soldier's World War I soldiers killed while on active duty. "Around 200 people attend the Memorial Day Sunday service," Manlove says. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Just How Harmful Are Bisphenol-A Plastics? Aug 26, 2008
Later, chemists discovered that, combined with phosgene (used during World War I as a toxic gas) and other compounds, BPA yielded the clear, polycarbonate plastic of shatter-resistant headlights, eyeglass lenses, DVDs and baby bottles. But during the manufacturing process, not all BPA gets locked into chemical bonds, explains Tim A. Osswald, an expert in polymer engineering at the University of Wisconsin Madison. (Scientific American)
European Epic Movies from the 1910s Aug 26, 2008
The leading producer of these was Italy until World War I came along ... Then movies grew longer, first in pre-World War I Europe and later in America ... Pre-World War I Italy had 50 movie production companies and in the years before 1914 pulled away from France as the world s leader in producing films. (Suite101.com)
American Movie Epics from the 1910s Aug 26, 2008
Prior to World War I, Italian cinema led the world in the making of movie epics ... While America s movie makers were still producing one and two reel, low budget films, directors in pre-World War I Italy, and to some extent France, were turning out featuring elaborate costumes and scenery, and casts of hundreds if not thousands. (Suite101.com)
Contractors to hunt for munitions Aug 26, 2008
"Daniel Field was sort of the center point for a wide area -- from here to Fort Gordon -- for World War I and II training sites," airport manager Willis Boshears said ... During World War I, Augusta was selected as a training camp site in 1917 and the resulting tent city established near today's Wrightsboro Road was called Camp Hancock. (The Augusta Chronicle)
U.S. is in danger from Russia Aug 26, 2008
Russia needs to be consecrated religiously as advised during World War I, but still is not done. The pope, with the bishops, must consecrate Russia specifically to the Immaculate Heart of Mary as was requested by Our Lady of Fatima. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
France mourns former archbishop Aug 26, 2008
The former Archbishop of Paris, who died on Sunday aged 80, was born Aaron Lustiger to Polish Jews who had settled in France before World War I. ... Cardinal Lustiger became a Catholic at the start of World War II.. (Yahoo News -- France)
people: Joseph Biden Jr., Madonna, Avril Lavigne Aug 26, 2008
Belben won the fiction prize for "Our Horses in Egypt," the story of a war widow who travels to the Middle East to retrieve her mare after World War I. Hill took the best biography award for her first book: "God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain," a study of Augustus Pugin, a Victorian architect. The James Tait Black prizes are awarded annually by the University of Edinburgh for the best work of fiction and the best biography published the previous year. (International Herald Tribune)
Recognize a war hero Aug 26, 2008
One such reminder is the story of Trenton native Neadom Roberts, one of a few black soldiers who fought in World War I and whose bravery in a fierce battle near the Ar gonne Forest in France won him France's Croix de Guerre, its highest decoration for bravery ... "A black World War I private who fought off German soldiers.". (NJ.com -- Times)
The Caucasus moment Aug 25, 2008
Not after the Napoleonic wars, not after World War I and not after World War II.. After the West's Cold War victory, two things happened. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
What George Orwell Wrote, 70 Years Later to the Day Aug 25, 2008
For more than a year, Bill Lamin, 60, a retired mathematics teacher in England, has been publishing the letters of his grandfather, who fought in World War I 90 years to the day. Part of the attraction for readers, Mr. Lamin said in an e-mail message, was that no one knows the outcome, whether he lives or dies from letter to letter. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Navy cruiser San Diego met its demise in WWI Aug 25, 2008
THE WAY WE WERE Navy's original cruiser San Diego met its demise in World War I ... After the United States entered World War I, the San Diego was ordered in July 1917 to join the Atlantic Fleet. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
'Eleanor: Her Secret Journey' takes second look at first lady Aug 24, 2008
In the course of making her decision, she accepts several phone calls and has several flashbacks, particularly to her experiences during World War I, when her husband was Secretary of the Navy. "My responsibility is similar to what a director does with a new play script," says Temperley. (Boston Globe)
Raghu Krishnan: The Money-tree Aug 24, 2008
I think I shall never see/a poem lovely as a tree, Alfred Joyce Kilmer wrote a few years before he died in World War I. Poems are made by fools like me/but only God can make a tree, he had added. For those who still dont get the message, Singapores National Parks Board (NPB) had a few years ago come up with a scheme for putting dollar-values to trees in a bid to deter developers from cutting them down. (India Times)
