Articles tagged "bill clinton"

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Taylor Branch recorded Bill Clinton’s secret conversations for posterity

by Thomas Fitzgerald [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[7.Oct.09] :. PHILADELPHIA — He never knew when the White House summons would come: The president wants to talk, and he has some unscheduled time tonight. Can you get down here? Later, civil-rights...

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Killer at Large

by Jake Meaney

[6.Apr.09] :. We are faced with the rather withering possibility that the current generation of children will be the first to have a lower life expectancy than their parents.

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What’s on Bill Clinton’s iPod?

by Stacy St. Clair [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[10.Mar.09] :. So just how does Bill Clinton unwind between offering President Barack Obama unsolicited advice and helping Hillary pack for diplomatic trips? Seems he kicks it with a little North Texas Wind...

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Move over, boomer presidents: A new generation takes charge

by David Goldstein [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[8.Jan.09] :. WASHINGTON - When President Kennedy said the torch had been passed to a new generation in the 1960s, the baby boomers who were beginning to grow up then figured it was their time, and they spent most...

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Sound Affects

Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… - Episode 3

by Zeth Lundy

[17.Dec.08] :. Elvis becomes the other Elvis for the third episode of his weekly show, Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… (Wednesdays at 9pm EST/PST on the Sundance Channel), performing...

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Feed

by Marc Calderaro

[19.Nov.07] :. Feed is adventurous and playful, and if nothing else, provides nostalgia for a time in politics scarcely different than our own.

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Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World by Bill Clinton

by John Mark Eberhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[25.Sep.07] :. Bill Clinton's book on altruism comes at a fortuitous time.

 

The Preacher and the Presidents by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy

by John Mark Eberhart [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[14.Sep.07] :. The result is a hypnotic read about the turbulent nature of public life.

 

Candidates as common as corn in Iowa this summer

by Bob Von Sternberg [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[6.Jul.07] :. DES MOINES, Iowa - The clock was creeping toward midnight Monday, but Bill Clinton was still in full grip-and-grin form as he made his way across the lobby of the hotel where he and his wife would...

 

With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America

by Kate Williams

[8.Jun.07] :. A well-studied and unbiased report on the powerful union of politics and conservative religion.

 

Obama, Bill Clinton to appear at New York City fundraisers

by Michael McAuliff [New York Daily News (MCT)]

[9.Apr.07] :. WASHINGTON - After nearly upsetting Hillary Clinton in the race for cash, Barack Obama invades New York Monday with an appearance on “Letterman” and a pair of fundraisers with Manhattan...

 

My Life by Bill Clinton

by James Oliphant

[3.Aug.04] :. The past and the present are sandwiched together in a sort of unholy fusion of summertime back porch reminiscence and a lunchtime program at the Brookings Institution.

 

Trade Off (2000)

by Beth Armitage

One year ago, 50,000 citizens took to the streets of Seattle to protest the first meeting of the World Trade Organization to be held in the United States. Here in Seattle, in the year since, there...