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For actor G.W. Bailey, home is where the Triscuits are
Special to the Chicago TribuneWhether it's the crusty elder statesmen on TNT's "The Closer" or the cranky police captain in the "Police Academy" franchise, G.W. Bailey has played countless variations on the sourpuss. And so the obvious question: Is he as crusty as the men he portrays?...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Vehicles, Texas, Health and Safety at School, Los Angeles
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"Democracy's Prisoner," by Ernest Freeberg
Chicago Tribune NewspapersIt all sounds so familiar: a foreign war, an unpopular president, high-minded vows to spread democracy abroad and a dubious law to restrict liberties at home. Add to that scenario vast inequalities in wealth, high Immigration rates, scant regard for...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), History, Crimes, Samuel Gompers, Christianity
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Last act for Hollywood memorabilia
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThey are packing up Old Hollywood and moving it to Newbury Park. That's where about 3 million film studio publicity stills, 50,000 original movie posters and 20,000 vintage fan magazines will be stored until they are auctioned off six months from now....Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Palm Desert, Cinema Industry, Academy Awards, Topanga
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'Democracy's Prisoner: Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent' by Ernest Freeberg
Democracy's Prisoner
Eugene V. Debs, the Great War, and the Right to Dissent
Ernest Freeberg
Harvard University Press: 380 pp., $29.95
It all sounds so familiar: a foreign war, an unpopular president, high-minded vows to spread democracy abroad and...Tags: History, Crimes, Samuel Gompers, Christianity, Police Arrests
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Fast chat: Peter Gallagher
Special to NewsdayPeter Gallagher loves the old alley behind the Broadway theater where he's co-starring with Morgan Freeman and Frances McDormand in Clifford Odets' "The Country Girl." Some 30 years ago he was just starting out, appearing on this very stage in his first...Tags: Bill Cosby, Steven Soderbergh, Morgan Freeman, Dance, Robert Altman
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Making sense of Hollywood -- in print
Special to The TimesApril 17, 2008 For the last several years, Richard Schickel has been a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times Book Review, writing primarily about books on film. His new book, "Film on Paper: The Inner Life of Movies," is a collection of many of...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), History, New York Times, Censorship, Books and Magazines
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City Living: Woodhaven, Queens
Special to amNewYorkNearly 200 years ago, Woodhaven was "Woodville" -- the name was later changed to distinguish the area from its upstate New York counterpart -- and home to two racetracks, drawing in tens of thousands of onlookers. Now that the tracks are gone, Woodhaven'...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Murder, Condos and Houses, Crimes, Golf
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Glendale
Special to amNewYorkIn the last 400 years, the area now known as Glendale has morphed from freshwater swamp to vibrant German farming community to saloon-filled "playground," and finally to an attractive multicultural enclave bounded by graveyards and lush parks. Although...Tags: Population, Crimes, Eubie Blake, Death and Dying, Vehicles
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Eat cheap
Who doesn't like to save a buck? In a city where restaurant prices have hit the stratosphere -- $55 mac and cheese, anyone -- it's about time somebody scouted out the cheapskate's choice. Here -- from budget barbecue to tightwad Thai -- we offer 16...Tags: West Village, Upper West Side, Williamsburg (Virginia), Lower East Side, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Chicago's underworld
Tribune staff reporterFrom the City Hall lobby, we take an elevator down one floor. Then we descend two flights of stairs to a high-ceilinged area filled with the white- and blue-painted pipes of the building's heating system. It's hot here, about 80 degrees. Crossing to a...Tags: Building Material, Tribune Tower, Natural Disasters, Weather Reports, Disasters
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Big Bear Choppers' Miss Behavin is hit and miss
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSORRY, boys. Slobber all you like, but this bike isn't for you. The 2007 Miss Behavin is for the ladies. That's right. It's a girl's bike -- not a sissy bike, as the term so often implies, but a bona fide bike for women. What's so feminine about this...Tags: Physiology, Transportation, National Government, Road Transportation, Natural Science
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L.A. has always been dense
There has been much hand-wringing and some angst of late over the upsurge of big residential projects downtown and in other parts of Los Angeles. The new apartment and condo towers, as well as mixed-use projects, are anxiously portrayed as the "first...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Venice, Apartments, Condos and Houses, Office and Retail Spaces
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