John Jakes was a prolific but obscure writer for some twenty years, until his "American Bicentennial" series of historical novels captured the public's imagination and made him famous. Jakes had publi...
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John Jakes, variously called the "godfather of the historical novel," "the people's author," and "America's history teacher," is the acknowledged contemporary master of the family saga. Best known as ...
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A technician armed with $7,000 in savings and a tourist visa plans to seek political asylum in Europe. Travel agents report a brisk demand for visas to Cuba, one of the few places that welcomes Pal...
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The state economic development agency and the private developers behind Moynihan Station have targeted an unlikely pot of money to help build the proposed $3 billion transit center in midtown west:...
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A top homeland security lawmaker has called for an investigation into possible cyber attacks on computer systems at the Homeland Security Department.Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said he believes ...
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A comparison of provisions in the homeland security bills passed by the House and Senate and the Bush's administration position on them:HOUSE BILL_Grants collective bargaining rights and whistleblo...
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Warring factions in the House neared the end of a two-day imbroglio over how to handle thousands of requests by lawmakers for home district projects, as Democrats yielded to GOP demands for floor v...
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Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney on Wednesday complained that the Bush administration had established an inefficient Homeland Security Department and had presided over a bungled respon...
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Congressional auditors gave a stinging assessment of the Homeland Security Department's progress and said the department could not take credit for the absence of a terrorist attack on American soil...
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The Senate approved broad legislation Tuesday to give state and local governments new weapons to stop terrorists intent on destruction within U.S. borders.But more than five years after the Sept. 1...
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John Jakes
John (William) Jakes
More Palestinians flee homelands
