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Jean Marbella
Pulling together the threads of our past - November 20, 2008 - In near darkness, it appears almost as an apparition. Like reliquary, the tattered flag is displayed behind glass in a new temperature- and light-controlled chamber, the bones not of a saint but of a nation.
Dan Rodricks
... ask what you can buy for your country - November 18, 2008 - So let me see if I understand this: We're supposed to go shopping for the good of the country. We don't have a president standing on the rubble of the American economy saying as much this time, but that's the message again. If, this holiday season, we don't buy electronics we don't need, if we don't buy new cars instead of fixing old ones, then this whole thing is going to fall apart, and we'll be in for a much longer, colder recessionary winter than already feared.
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Laura Vozzella
A place for stealth fans of 'tween romance - November 21, 2008 - Twilight might well become a blockbuster, but it's unlikely to be a hit at the Senator Theatre unless lots of grown-ups are closet Stephanie Meyer fans.
Michael Dresser
Momentum might be building to build up the U.S. infrastructure - November 17, 2008 - By the end of next year Americans will likely be sick and tired of hearing the word "infrastructure."
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Peter Hermann
Dixon the mayor, teacher and mother mourns another young life lost - November 22, 2008 - On the Friday of American Education Week, Baltimore's mayor found herself inside a city middle school, addressing teachers in the gym and then students gathered in a hallway.
Jacques Kelly
A Baltimore November comes with a host of smells all its own - November 8, 2008 - A smoky wood fire sends a clear message that it's time to get serious about the season.
Frederick N. Rasmussen
Maryland's black troops from the Great War paraded home in style - November 16, 2008 - Some 400,000 African-Americans answered their country's call during World War I and served in the Army's segregated units.