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ISSUE: November 15, 2009

Articles about 4th of July

State of Mind - 7-1-2009

Once upon a time, when cell phones were merely toys for the nouveau riche and Apple was just a fledgling computer company, a young man walked the streets of New York City as if each step was scripted. Every morning, he’d leave his tiny rented room and take the 1 train from the 96th Street station down to 23rd Street. In his hand was a copy of the New York Daily News.

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...you (page 32). And no issue running over the 4th of July would be complete without a patriotic flag...

The Sounds Of Summer - 6-1-2002

Summertime is here and with it, all varieties of music festivals step into the sunlight, blues, country, jazz, opera, and more.

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...Independ-ence Day this year is Boston''s 4th of July. The 85-member Boston Pops orchestra lights up...

Menu - 1-15-2001

HAIL, CAESAR The first of the great American main-course salads — the Caesar — has made a comeback at many of the best upscale restaurants in the U.S. Created by Caesar Cardini at Caesar’s Palace in Tijuana, Mexico, on the hot Fourth...

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...Palace in Tijuana, Mexico, on the hot 4th of July weekend of 1924 to serve his Hollywood star...

Movies - 6-15-2002

Tom Cruise fans rejoice: Minority Report, his first endeavor with director Steven Spielberg, hits theaters this month. Cruise stars as a police officer in the Pre-Crimes division of the Washington, D.C., force in the year 2080, who is being hunted f...

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... Will Smith has often joked that he owns the 4th of July weekend, and it appears that he is on target to...

Hot Ink & Sounds - 7-1-2002

TAKE A CHANCE ON THESE LEGENDS OF TEXAS BARBECUE COOKBOOK: Recipes and Recollections from the Pit Bosses By Robb Walsh (Chronicle Books) $19 Just in time for the 4th of July barbecue comes this ode to Texas ’cue and ...

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...(Chronicle Books) $19 Just in time for the 4th of July barbecue comes this ode to Texas ’cue...

New On Dvd - 11-1-2002

SUPER HEROES Bring home the Jedi experience when Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones debuts November 12. The first major live-action film to be created directly from its digital source, this two-disc release offers six hours...

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...earnings record set by a film opening over the 4th of July weekend, including the record of the first MIB.

Events - 7-1-2003

GO CALGARY EXHIBITION AND STAMPEDE July 4-13,Calgary, Alberta Rustle up the family and head west — the Canadian West — to the world-class bash that mixes the thrills of a high-stakes professional rodeo with continuous famil...

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...in town on the 4th, check out the Boston Pops 4th of July concert and fireworks...

It’s Finger-lickin’ Good - 6-15-2009

Seven-time world barbecue champion Paul Kirk (www.baron-of-bbq.com) is to grilling what Elvis was to rock and roll -- the king. So we asked him for a stick-to-your-ribs recipe (one used in competition) that’ll blow away the judges at your Fourth of July cookout. “Recipes to me are a plaything,” says Kirk, whose new book (coauthored along with Ardie A. Davis), America’s Best BBQ: 100 Recipes from America’s Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and Restaurants (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $20), hit shelves last month. In other words, have some fun with this one.

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...that''ll blow away the judges at your 4th of July cookout. "Recipes to me are a plaything," says...

Operation Iraqi Children - 7-1-2009

This month brings one of my favorite holidays: the Fourth of July. It’s a celebration of American independence and freedom. Freedom is a precious gift, one I believe comes with the responsibility to help those less fortunate than ourselves. With that in mind, I would like to use this month’s column to shine a light on a program called Operation Iraqi Children (OIC), which is devoted to giving some deserving kids a chance at a better life.

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...month brings one of my favorite holidays: the 4th of July. It’s a celebration of American independence and...

Mensa Quiz 07/01/2009 - 7-1-2009

Mensa Quiz for American Way Magazine 07-01-2009

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...from the heat. 6. Jimmy went shopping for a 4th of July picnic. In the first store, he spent half of...

George Stephanopoulos' D.c. - 2-15-2002

The former Clinton administration wunderkind, who now appears on ABCs This Week each Sunday, takes us on a tour of the nations capital.

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... of 1981. I was a junior in college. I arrived on 4th of July weekend - always a great day in Washington, with...

Trick Or Treat? Both - 10-15-2003

Anyone who knows my wife will tell you that she is even-tempered, fair-minded, and emotionally generous. As you might imagine, this isn’t easy to live with. Me, I am more of a fan of the adage: “If you don’t have anything nice to...

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...I have a friend whose son was born on the 4th of July. My friend told his son the city was so happy to...

Maybe, Maybe Not - 2-15-2004

I never start a column without first thoroughly determining the focus, the style, and the single most-important aspect of all column writing — the chances it will make its word count. Then, I consider the all-important issue of timing; one...

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...for example, to write a column about the 4th of July that is scheduled to appear at Christmastime -...

History Buff - 3-1-2007

Prides Terrence Howard hears freedom ring in Philadelphia.

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...where it truly gives a new meaning to the 4th of July. Just to see the history there and to be a part...

Operation Iraqi Children - 7-15-2009

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...month brings one of my favorite holidays: the 4th of July. It’s a celebration of American independence and...

Rodeo Drive - 2-15-2007

Watching Lonesome Dove is the closest most of us will ever get to the Old West. But part-time rodeo pros find their inner cowboy every weekend.

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...Greeley, Colorado, and Pecos, Texas, over the 4th of July weekend, and after that, a couple of...

Candid Camera - 3-1-2008

In front of the lens, Aaron Eckhart is the picture of intensity. Behind it, though, he is the picture of happiness.

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...Stadium with the flags and people. It was the 4th of July, I think, when we were there. Or, no —...

...we were there. Or, no — it was the 4th of July in the movie. I can’t remember now. My...

Edward Norton's Baltimore - 7-1-2001

Spend the Fourth of July weekend with the red-hot star of the upcoming crime thriller The Score.

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... catch his fireworks on the big screen, spend the 4th of July weekend with him in his hometown of Baltimore,...

...is a great place to be on the 4th of July. There are always fireworks in the harbor, which...

...of rockets and explosions and everything on the 4th of July comes from Francis Scott Key writing...

Music - 8-15-2002

BRAD MEHIDAU Largo (Warner Bros.) Jazz piano virtuoso Mehldau laid his ninth album down over a mere six days with some of the finest musicians around. The scene is set perfectly for the rest of the album by “When It Rains,” which open...

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...personal-first single, “On the 4th of July,” which is already making waves on the...