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A Chicago guy casts aspersions

Jul. 22, 2009
In an online Wall Street Journal essay, Joseph Epstein of Evanston, Ill., cites an academic and sociologist who "judged a city by the number of blocks of interesting shops it contained. By this measure, he felt, London and New York surpassed all others. By...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic