Word: chicago
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...lived in the fantasy world created by so-called “experts,” right now everybody would be talking about how President-elect Hillary Clinton, fresh off her defeat of Mitt Romney, was going to throw out the first pitch at the World Series champion Chicago Cubs’ first home game next season...
Sunstein explained the central concept of his philosophy of “libertarian paternalism,” which he developed with University of Chicago economics professor Richard H. Thaler...
...media of the 1920s saw its fair share of scandals and sensationalism. And one thing that this once-predominantly white male arena did not represent was diversity. Accordingly, “The Front Page”—a play written by former Chicago reporters Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur that was first produced in 1928—attests to this stereotype, characterizing journalism as an elitist gentlemen’s club. But in BlackCast’s current production of the play—which opened last night and will run through Nov. 15 in the Agassiz Theatre?...
...government than any of his recent predecessors were, particularly Bill Clinton, who did not announce a single major appointment until mid-December. As the President-elect put it in his first radio address, "We don't have a moment to lose." (See pictures of Obama's victory celebration in Chicago...
...actually got elected President, he turned to the man who eight years before handed over the White House keys to George W. Bush. Former Clinton White House chief of staff John Podesta had met Barack Obama only a few times before the Democratic nominee summoned him to Chicago in August to ask him to begin planning a transition. Podesta supported Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries and had little in common with Obama beyond the fact that they are both skinny guys from Chicago. Yet it is hard to think of a Democrat in Washington who can match Podesta...