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Column: No NASCAR penalty needed for Va. scrap
Columns, Pro, Sports
JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer 
Apr 28, 2014
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Quick quiz: Who won the 1979 Daytona 500? The answer, of course, is Richard Petty. But very few people — if any — equate that r...
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Leaning in, the Navy way
Opinion, Сolumns
RUTH MARCUS Washington Post Writers Group 
Apr 28, 2014
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The U.S. Naval Academy presents a challenging venue for Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s “lean in” pitch. On the on...
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The subtleness of a court retirement
Opinion, Сolumns
RUTH MARCUS Washington Post Writers Group 
Apr 26, 2014
WASHINGTON — The law operates with bright-line rules but also with balancing tests and concerns over image. The appearance of impropriety. The appeara...
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Taking an NHL quiz with Clarkie
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
Greg Clark Era Sports Writer 
Apr 26, 2014
The world as we know it and love it was altered drastically last Saturday night in the great city of Pittsburgh. Go Steelers. Following is a test to f...
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Science and our beliefs
Opinion, Сolumns
MICHAEL GERSON Washington Post Writers Group 
Apr 25, 2014
WASHINGTON — In the late 1920s, astronomer Edwin Hubble established that the light we detect from galaxies is shifted toward the redder colors of the ...
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Bills’ schedule good for ticket sales
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
CHUCK POLLOCK Special to The Era 
Apr 25, 2014
What happened to that Thanksgiving afternoon game in Detroit? The Monday nighter at “The Ralph”against the Packers? When the Bills’ schedule was revea...
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Grandmother Hillary
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER Washinigton Post Writers Group 
Apr 24, 2014
WASHINGTON — The word is out that Chelsea Clinton is with child, making the favorite Democratic presidential nominee a soon-to-be grandmother. The hea...
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The adolescent president
Opinion, Сolumns
GEORGE F. WILL Washington Post Writers Group 
Apr 24, 2014
WASHINGTON — Recently, Barack Obama — a Demosthenes determined to elevate our politics from coarseness to elegance; a Pericles sent to ameliorate our ...
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Thank you, Dr. Hanlon
Opinion, Сolumns
RUTH MARCUS Washington Post Writers Group 
Apr 23, 2014
WASHINGTON — If you are the proud parent of a Dartmouth student, you should send a thank-you note to President Philip Hanlon. Actually, if you are the...
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Sitcoms not always a laughing matter
Сolumns
WALTER BRASCH 
Apr 23, 2014
My favorite new TV comedy is “Growing Up Fisher.” It’s the story of a blind lawyer, his 12-year-old son, a mid-teen daughter, and an ex-wife who is tr...
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Regulatory overkill
Сolumns
GEORGE WILL Washington Post Writers Group 
Apr 22, 2014
WASHINGTON — Occasionally, the Supreme Court considers questions that are answered merely by asking them. On Tuesday, the court will hear arguments ab...
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Clarence Page: Race card season again?
Сolumns
CLARENCE PAGE Tribune Content Agency 
Apr 22, 2014
After years of mostly hedging any suggestion that racism has anything to do with President Barack Obama’s ferocious opposition, there’s a new racial e...
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Got President Vladimir Putin, yet?
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER Washington Post Writers Group 
Apr 21, 2014
WASHINGTON — The new “agreement” between Russia, the U.S. and our allies is exactly what the former KGB agent ordered. This isn’t to say it’s not a go...
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A marginally interesting Miguel Cabrera story
Columns, Local Sports, Sports
Greg Clark Era Sports Writer 
Apr 18, 2014
Would you like to read a marginally interesting Miguel Cabrera story? The year was 2006 or perhaps 2007. To be honest I can’t remember what I had for ...
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Erasing the race card
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER Washington Post Writers Group 
Apr 18, 2014
WASHINGTON — One approaches the race fray with trepidation, but here we go, tippy-toe. The race cards have been flying so fast and furious lately, one...
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Can ethnic hate be a mental illness?
Opinion, Сolumns
CLARENCE PAGE Tribune Content Agency 
Apr 18, 2014
In early April, the Anti-Defamation League offered some happy news about a very grim topic. It reported a “significant and encouraging decline” in ant...
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Understanding our divisions
Opinion, Сolumns
GEORGE WILL Washington Post Writers Group 
Apr 17, 2014
WASHINGTON — In a 2006 interview, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said the Constitution is “basically about” one word — “democracy” — that appear...
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