William Howard Taft (1857-1930), as twenty-seventh president of the United States and a chief justice, failed to rise adequately to the challenges of the times, despite his many strong qualities.Willi...
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The exhibition of photographs, selected from among more than 700
taken in Japan by an amateur photographer who accompanied a U.S.
diplomatic mission to Asia in 1905, got under way in New York...
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Just back from Ed Cox's announcement of a long list of exploratory committee members, topped by Henry Kissinger. Also on the list were Reagan's chief-of-staff, Ken Duberstein; William Howard Taft I...
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William Howard Taft revered the law.He studied it, worked with it as a lawyer and a judge and helped craft it as president.He even molded a fledgling nation (not ours) by nurturing it. The modern S...
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Today is Saturday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2007. There are 331 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On February 3, 1959, a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, claimed the lives of rock...
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Today is Wednesday, Sept. 15, the 259th day of 2004. There are 107 days left in the year. The Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, begins at sunset.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 15, 1963, four b...
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Today is Thursday, March 8, the 67th day of 2007. There are 298 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 8, 1862, during the Civil War, the ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Me...
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Today is Wednesday, May 30, the 150th day of 2007. There are 215 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 30, 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in ...
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Today is Saturday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2007. There are 107 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Sept. 15, 1789, the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs was renamed the Depart...
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Oct 29 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on November 5 since 1900: 1912 - Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the U.S. presidency,
becoming the only man to defeat two for...
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(Reuters) - When President Bush gives
his State of the Union speech Monday, he will continue a
constitutionally mandated tradition begun over 200 years ago by
George Washington. Following are some...
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William Howard Taft
Exhibition of photos taken in Japan in 1905 opens in N.Y.
