Tag: politics
group name: bordersbookclub
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May 15, 2007 05:44 PM EDT --
Rarely does a film combine visual brilliance and emotional pitch quite like Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. It takes place in 1944 Spain, but it represents the sad horror of all wars. It . . . more
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July 23, 2007 04:05 PM EDT --
That former president Bill Clinton had signed on with Knopf to do another book was a surprise to no one—in fact, the plans for book #2 had been announced months ago. That the new one will not be . . . more
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November 26, 2007 03:49 PM EST --
When I began to tell members of that large, raucous generation born just after World War II, the baby boomers, that I was thinking of writing a book on the aftershocks of . . . more
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July 31, 2007 04:50 PM EDT --
It was 10 years ago this summer that Princess Diana was killed.
I've been asking around, wondering if people could recall exactly where they were the moment they found out about Princess Diana's . . . more
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March 30, 2007 02:33 PM EDT --
On Wednesday, April 4th from 11AM-12PM (ET) we will welcome Bill Bradley for a live chat on Gather.com.
What will it take to make America a better, stronger, truer country? Bill Bradley, former Knicks . . . more
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May 06, 2007 07:09 PM EDT --
I FREELY ADMIT MY PREJUDICE . . . more
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March 22, 2007 05:24 PM EDT --
All Americans want a good life for themselves and their families. They want to be proud of their country and to believe that it can live up to its ideals. A friend asked me recently if I thought dealing . . . more
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March 15, 2008 11:23 AM EDT --
In 1963, segregation was a way of life for the South. On June 11, 1963, Governor George Wallace of Alabama came to national prominence when he kept his campaign promise to 'stand in the schoolhouse . . . more
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May 09, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
ADEQUATELY PREPARED OR NOT ADEQUATELY PREPARED IS THE QUESTION
For a change, the Bush administration is on the defensive. The recent weather tragedy . . . more
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April 24, 2007 04:48 PM EDT --
Some of us at Borders have been reading Robert Dallek's provocative examination of the Nixon years, Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power. Inevitably, comparisons between Iraq and the Vietnam War . . . more
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March 23, 2007 04:44 PM EDT --
EXCERPT:
"If we get beneath the surface of [the] story we're being told [about America] today, we see that it doesn't embody the ‘rugged individualism' that built this country, . . . more
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April 20, 2007 10:43 PM EDT --
On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban passed by Congress in 2003 and signed into law by President George W. Bush. . . . more
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July 12, 2008 04:18 PM EDT --
Please go to the website below and sign the petition! Drilling in the US will bring down gas prices!
http://www.americansolutions.com/
Before you comment about this,please . . . more
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July 19, 2008 12:09 PM EDT --
http://www.grassfire.org/242/petition.asp
The "Build The Border Fence As Promised" petition states:
As a concerned citizen, I am signing this petition calling on Congress
and the . . . more
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March 02, 2008 06:54 PM EST --
Most of us will never know the inside of a war correspondent's job. We should be thankful that veteran war correspondent Martin Fletcher has done that for us.
Fletcher is currently serving as NBC . . . more
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April 02, 2007 10:14 AM EDT --
The New American Story offers Americans the chance to thrive in the 21st century. It puts country ahead of party and tells people the truth about our national circumstances. A party or leader bold . . . more
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May 26, 2007 09:33 PM EDT --
Imagine a year without Christmas. No crowded malls, no corny office parties, no fruitcakes, no unwanted presents. That's just what Luther and Nora Krank have in mind when they decide that, just this . . . more
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June 11, 2007 10:26 AM EDT --
Please join us in welcoming Alex Carr to Gather.
ALEX CARR is (under her real name, Jenny Siler) the critically acclaimed author of the novels Easy Money, Iced, Shot, and Flashback. She lives with her . . . more
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January 27, 2007 03:10 PM EST --
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Immortally Roman, the Korean-Saigon Adventure
New Book Takes an Inside Look at the Italian Cultural Concept . . . more
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November 01, 2007 11:55 AM EDT --
My Grandfather came to this country in the early 1900's from the Philipines. He met and married my Grandmother an Irish Catholic. This was an unusual union to say the least. It didn't take long . . . more
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