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Obama's wife defends candidate
Aug 12, 2007 11:00 pm - CHICAGO -- The wife of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama on Sunday admonished those who question her biracial husband's credentials as a black man, calling th...
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Whims of time take toll on lifelong writerMay 23, 2003 5:15 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published May 29, 2003 This is the kind of compelling human story Bill Granger was made to tell. Instead, Granger sits in the Illin...
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'Burn the Floor' sizzles, but marred by samenessDec 31, 1996 11:00 pm - Despite the blizzard that started pummeling Chicago on Tuesday, the show still went on for opening night of “Burn the Floor” at the Bank of America Theatre in Chicago. A...
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Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ stands the test of timeJun 11, 1996 2:48 pm - Editor’s note: This column originally published on June 11, 1996 This is a literary note on the Bulls victory tour: Carl Sandburg was wrong, apparently. Sports writers k...
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Sandburg’s ‘Chicago’ stands the test of timeJun 11, 1996 5:15 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published on June 11, 1996 This is a literary note on the Bulls victory tour: Carl Sandburg was wrong, apparently. Sports writers k...
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Old romance thrives as time presses onMay 21, 1996 5:15 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published May 21, 1996 I learned about newspapers from the top to the bottom because I loved newspapers. I worked in a press room ...
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Billy Goat Tavern runs full circle around the cityApr 25, 1996 11:13 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published April 25, 1996 When William Sianis landed in Chicago as an immigrant from Greece, he scrambled for jobs. In time, he sol...
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Billy Goat Tavern runs full circle around the cityApr 25, 1996 5:15 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published April 25, 1996 When William Sianis landed in Chicago as an immigrant from Greece, he scrambled for jobs. In time, he sol...
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Hard times won’t allay books’ spellApr 10, 1995 10:56 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published April 10, 1995 I dream on my encyclopedia. My favorite volume, over the years, has been Ovid Plastering. We are old frie...
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Death of another paper means more jobs lostApr 04, 1995 10:53 am - I almost lost another job last weekend. Naturally, it was a newspaper job. I was bitten with the newspapering bug when I was 5 or 6. My Dad taught me to read at the kit...
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