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Breaking unions’ grip
Opinion, Сolumns
GEORGE WILL Washington Post Writers Group 
Feb 19, 2014
WASHINGTON — This year’s most important election will not occur in November, when more than 90 million votes will be cast for governors and national l...
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The stimulus debate continues
Opinion, Сolumns
RUTH MARCUS Washington Post Writers Group 
Feb 19, 2014
WASHINGTON — The treatment helped. The patient is recovering. The doctor is still being accused of malpractice. That, in a nutshell, is the story of t...
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Bona confident going into final stretch
College Sports, Columns
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Feb 19, 2014
Last Monday, there was some defeat in his voice, a kind of acknowledgment that even a team which has lost its fair share of heartbreakers over the yea...
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Germany’s enviable shock absorber
Opinion, Сolumns
CLARENCE PAGE Tribune Content Service 
Feb 18, 2014
As the usual suspects in Congress argue over whether to extend unemployment benefits, which ran out at the end of last year for more than a million jo...
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A new chapter in the problem from hell
Opinion, Сolumns
MICHAEL GERSON Washington Post Writers Group 
Feb 18, 2014
AL HADALAT, Jordan — For refugees to arrive at this remote eastern border crossing — about 100 kilometers from Iraq — is itself a feat of courage and ...
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St. Bonnaventure’s road woes continue
College Sports, Columns, Sports
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Feb 07, 2014
As the final buzzer sounded, you could feel the sentiment permeating the space shared by St. Bonaventure people and their basketball team. Whether it ...
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Could unions change NCAA’s game?
Opinion, Сolumns
CLARENCE PAGE Tribune Content Service 
Feb 06, 2014
I was not surprised to hear that the United Steelworkers were helping athletes at Northwestern University to file a petition to form a union. Unions a...
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The stakes of a special election
Opinion, Сolumns
GEORGE WILL Washington Post Writers Group 
Feb 06, 2014
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Because it is this year’s first federal election, attention must be paid to the March 11 voting to fill the congressional seat vaca...
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Presidential lawlessness? Hardly
Сolumns
RUTH MARCUS Washington Post Writers Group 
Feb 05, 2014
WASHINGTON — House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan calls President Obama’s tenure “an increasingly lawless presidency.” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz cites ...
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A rendezvous with irrelevance
Сolumns
MICHAEL GERSON Washington Post Writers Group 
Feb 05, 2014
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party faces an existential question: Can it make the transition to a more welcoming position on immigration without tearin...
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Team effort helped Schmidt get 100 wins
College Sports, Columns, Sports
J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era 
Feb 05, 2014
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — His 10th win came in his second season, a little more than a year after Mark Schmidt had initially set out to “bring back” the...
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