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Ron Kaye: A Thanksgiving celebration of life
If I had my way, Thanksgiving would become a weeklong holiday at least once a decade — a time to take stock of who and where we are, and where we are going. We would take our heads out of the clouds of our self-absorption, including the Internet...Tags: Entertainment Events, Holidays, Thanksgiving
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Jeff Semler: Turkey at Thanksgiving has long history in America
jsemler@umd.eduTwo days from today, millions of Americans will gather around tables all across this nation and around the world to feast and give thanks. With that in mind, I thought I would shed a little light on the centerpiece of many Thanksgiving tables, the turkey....Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Mayflower Voyage (1620), Entertainment Events, Turkey, Benjamin Franklin
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Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is an ideal holiday that is catered to everyone. Tomorrow's holiday is a time for each person to take a few moments and reflect on our personal blessings. Each of us has positive things in our lives that we may take for granted. From our...Tags: Entertainment Events, Employment Opportunities, Holidays, Thanksgiving
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From the desk of: Thanksgiving beyond the Valley
I't is amazing how quickly Thanksgiving has gotten here this year. We barely got through Halloween, and tomorrow Thanksgiving is once again with us. Families will be gathering all over the U.S. to celebrate. It is a special time to remember, reflect and...Tags: Mexico, Travel, Entertainment Events, Trips and Vacations, Halloween
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Letter to the Editor - Nov. 24
Few know the woman who saved Thanksgiving To the editor: This week, we celebrate Thanksgiving Day. But how many of us know the story of Sarah Josepha Hale — the woman who saved Thanksgiving? She was born in 1788. Stories she heard from her...Tags: Millard Fillmore, Entertainment Events, Zachary Taylor, Wars and Interventions, James Buchanan
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Turkeys a wild success: Thanksgiving staple becomes common sight
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterToday is the day of the turkey. Sure, most Americans will honor the bird by making it the main entree of their holiday feast today - an honor most turkeys probably don't appreciate. But those birds - eaten by 88 percent of Americans today, according...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science, Conservation, Wildlife, Biology
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Community Commentary: Another serving of Thanksgiving
If I had my way, Thanksgiving would become a weeklong holiday at least once a decade — a time to take stock of who and where we are, and where we are going. We would take our heads out of the clouds of our self-absorption, including the Internet...Tags: Entertainment Events, Crime, Law and Justice, Holidays, Thanksgiving
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The beauty of American history is its flexibility
I’m getting sick and tired of these liberals like Leonard Pitts telling us Tea Party types that we don’t know anything about history.
In the first place, many of these historical references of ours that he ridicules are the product of “...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Social Issues, Marathon, Diseases and Illnesses, Benjamin Franklin
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Thanksgiving is huge and not just in Turkey, Texas
Nation NowThanksgiving numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau: Can you name all the places in the U.S. with "Turkey" in their names?... -
Education Matters: Plenty to be grateful for
Editor's Note: Numerous instances of plagiarism have been discovered in Dan Kimber’s “Education Matters” column, which ran in the News- Press from September 2003 to September 2011. In those columns where plagiarism has been found, a...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Obesity, Holidays, Thanksgiving
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test not saving
May 17th
I don't feel obligated
I had a lovely dinner with a couple of friends recently. The food was so so, the company was great. When the checks arrived, we started talking about tips. I mentioned that I tip before the tax. My friend replied...Tags: Doyle Webb, CNN (tv network), Dick Cheney, Entertainment, Colin Firth
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Barring an upset, this holiday is the real No. 1
Change of SubjectFrom the archives... If there were an Associated Press writers' poll to rank the holidays, I would pass up the heavyweights, your perennial fan favorites-your Christmases, your Fourths of July, your Valentine's Days-and put Thanksgiving at No. 1. It is......
Nov 20, 2011
|Story| Glendale News Press
Nov 21, 2011
|Story| Herald Mail
Nov 22, 2011
|Story| Daily American
Nov 23, 2011
|Column| Imperial Valley Press Online
Nov 24, 2011
|Story| Herald Mail
Nov 23, 2011
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Nov 24, 2011
|Story| Daily Pilot
Jun 13, 2011
|Story| Herald Mail
Nov 24, 2011
| Los Angeles Times
Nov 19, 2010
|Story| Glendale News Press
Jul 13, 2010
|Story| WDBJ7
Nov 22, 2010
| Chicago Tribune
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