Word: chicago
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...There's certainly no national figure - comedian or actor - who's known for doing Obama these days; that's for sure," says Matt Hovde, director of Chicago's famous improv group the Second City, where SNL alum and Sarah Palin stunt double Tina Fey got her start. "Someone's got to be ready to cash their ticket out there somehow...
...course, when it comes to race - especially mixed heritage - the line between funny and offensive can be difficult to maneuver. Following Armisen's Obama debut in February, Chicago Tribune writer Maureen Ryan wrote, "Call me crazy, but shouldn't Saturday Night Live's fictional Senator Barack Obama be played by an African American...
...Apolinar Cabrera wants is his final paycheck. And he and some 200 of his former colleagues at the shut-down Republic Windows & Doors factory in Chicago are going to sit in the cold production-line floor until they get the money they've earned. "I know the economy is bad, for everyone," he said yesterday afternoon, standing in the plant's lobby, "but all I want to do is give my kids a nice Christmas. I'm going to stay until I get all the money we deserve." The father of two - ages nine and six - is expecting...
...Note: On Tuesday, Gov. Blagojevich was taken into custody on a U.S. District Court complaint of trying to take advantage of his leverage to appoint a U.S. Senator to fill Barack Obama's seat; it also said the governor tried to coerce the Chicago Tribune into firing staffers critical of the governor, in exchange for "millions of dollars" in assistance from the state of Illinois. The Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy this week...
...will ever doubt that this former Army chief of staff has the courage to stand up for our troops and our veterans," Obama said at the Chicago press conference at which he announced his choice of Shinseki. "No one will ever question whether he will fight hard enough to make sure that they have the support that they need...