Posts Tagged ‘state’

Shaky Legacy

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

James W. Laine, US-based professor of religious studies and author of two contentious books on Shivaji, can boast a rare achievement: bridging the deep ideological and political divides in Maharashtra.

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UA spends $3.5M on rare book collection

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

TUSCALOOSA -- In the dawning of the era of digital books, the University of Alabama is acquiring an impressive assortment of rare books that gives it the largest special collection in the state.

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The Best Medecine: For Oakdale doctor, it’s having many interests, a thirst for learning and a love for god

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Dr. Wally Carroll of Oakdale is a modern Renaissance man

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Book captures W.Va.s beauty, from simple to spectacular

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

"West Virginia Beauty: Familiar & Rare." Text by Jeanne Mozier. Photographs by Steve Shaluta.

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Obama responds to Arizona

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

WASHINGTON - AUTHORITIES in the US state of Arizona faced new protests Saturday after the governor signed a tough new law targeting illegal immigrants, which critics claim enshrines racial profiling and President Barack Obama branded 'misguided.' One of the most severe measures on immigration in the statute books ignited fury among immigrant groups, and a fierce legal and political row, just as ...

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Is state funding of libraries on borrowed time?

Monday, April 19th, 2010

McCONNELSVILLE -- As people rely more on libraries for job searches, high-speed Internet access, books and DVDs -- all for free -- libraries, such as the Kate Love Simpson Library in Morgan County, are relying more on their patrons.

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U.S. takes issue with author’s account of visit at embassy in Algiers (Washington Post)

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

Michael Mewshaw did a dangerous and perhaps foolhardy thing for his 65th birthday: He embarked on a 4,000-mile overland journey through the terrorist-ridden lands of North Africa. But now that his firsthand account has hit the bookstores, he says his roughest experience has come at the hands of the U.S. State Department.

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Ethics loophole: off-books lobbying (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Ethics loophole: off-books lobbying

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Illinois – Team Notes (USA Today)

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

With Illinois' arduous eight-point win at Iowa in the record books, it's time to focus on the program's biggest regular-season event since the Centennial Celebration in 2004-05: ESPN GameDay's first appearance on the Urbana-Champaign campus that coincides with Saturday's clash with Big Ten leader Michigan State.

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Texas gets first win as No. 1 (Sports Illustrated)

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Texas vs. Iowa State recap from game played on January 13, 2010

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