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How Lincoln Used Words To Get His Way

Posted 05.18.2012

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Excerpted with permission from Words Like Loaded Pistols: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Obama by Sam Leith (Basic Books, $26.99). Available from Basic Bo...

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PHOTOS: Looking For Lincoln In Springfield

Olga Bonfiglio | Posted 04.30.2012

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The stories surrounding Abraham Lincoln makes him one of America's great heroes. A trip to Springfield, Illinois, where he spent 25 years as a citizen, lawyer and state representative prior to his presidency gives visitors a look at his humanity.

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44 Things You Didn't Know About U.S. Presidents

The Huffington Post | Seena Vali | Posted 02.17.2012

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While most Americans celebrate Presidents Day Weekend metabolizing the high levels of alcohol in their bloodstreams, we want to make sure that you guy...

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Ford's Theatre Opens Lincoln Study Center

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 04.09.2012

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WASHINGTON — Flowers once attached to President Abraham Lincoln's coffin and ribbons from mourners have joined videos and interactive displays t...

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Cadillac vs. Lincoln: Is The Rivalry Back?

David Kiley | Posted 03.21.2012

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With the debut of the Lincoln MKZ concept and the Cadillac ATS at the North American International Auto Show, I see green sprouts of a rekindled rivalry and competition between the two brands that we haven't really seen since the 1960s.

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HuffPost Guides: Loon Mountain Resort

The Huffington Post | Michael Lloyd | Posted 01.05.2012

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Loon Mountain Resort in New Hampshire is a popular destination for skiers and snowboarders. As part of a series on ski resorts, Huffington Post Travel...

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Chrysler And China Drive Auto Market

Steve Parker | Posted 02.26.2012

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What were the biggest automotive stories of 2011? There were certainly plenty to choose from. But the top story of the year is the resurgence of Chrysler.

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Real Estate Markets That Appreciated Most in 2011

Posted 12.19.2011

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For the vast majority of baby boomers, household wealth is concentrated in home equity. The good news: The rate of monthly depreciation has stabilized...

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PHOTOS: Which Superstar Made The Most Amazing Transformation?

Posted 02.16.2012

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Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. And because the multi-dimensional, damaged, brilliant and bizarre so often shape the fate our our world, the...

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Looking To Reinvent Lincoln

HuffingtonPost.com | David Kiley | Posted 12.16.2011

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DETROIT -- The creative management of Ford's Lincoln brand is moving out of the Motor City to the Big Apple. The company announced Friday a new creati...

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Steven Spielberg Is Not Modest

Posted 11.21.2011

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Steven Spielberg, it seems, is not afflicted with false modesty. The famous director plans on releasing his Abraham Lincoln biopic after the 2012 ...

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Washington, Lincoln and FDR Were Great Presidents - and Great Radicals

Harvey J. Kaye | Posted 10.17.2011

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What we need to appreciate is that Washington, Lincoln, and Roosevelt led us through our greatest national crises and not only prevailed, but made America freer, more equal, and more democratic in the process.

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Jerks of the Knee

Paula Gordon | Posted 09.18.2011

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Reflexively blasting President Obama over his appointment of anyone* other than Elizabeth Warren to run the CFPB was a well-intentioned friend's reaction. It feels off the mark. Very far off, in fact.

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5 Ways Shakespeare Changed The World

nypost.com | STEPHEN MARCHE | Posted 07.12.2011

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William Shakespeare was the most influential writer who ever lived. Even those who haven't read his plays know his words, from "to be or not to be" to...

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Presidents Day? Not Really!

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 11.17.2011

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Created under the Uniform Holiday Act of 1968, which gave us three-day weekend Monday holidays, the federal holiday on the third Monday in February is technically still Washington's Birthday.

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Our Forgotten "Presidents"

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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In between the Declaration of Independence and George Washington's inauguration, there were 16 (or perhaps 13, or maybe just eight) men who were called "president".

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Google Ranking The Presidents

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

We find that the Google rankings of presidents corresponds very well to historians' rankings.

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Make a Joyful Noise

Paula Gordon | Posted 05.25.2011

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What's Egypt got that America has apparently lost? An authentic yearning to be free. How else to account for obscene genuflecting to Ronald Reagan...

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Storm hits parts of N.J. with record rainfall, but lessens drought concern

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tim Farrell/The Star-LedgerA car braves the rising waters on Beaver Brook Rd. in Lincoln Park minutes before the road was closed by the police due...

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Quick Demo of the MyFord Touch on the 2012 Ford Focus

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

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At the CES NYC press event we had a wonderful opportunity to speak with Jennifer Brace -- User Interface Engineer at Ford Motor. We sat down with Jennifer to speak about the 2012 Ford Focus.

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Ford looking to close some dealerships

NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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2009 Associated Press File PhotoNew Jersey has 54 Ford dealerships, as well another 30 or so Lincoln-Mercury retailers. Ford would like to reduce...

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Stewart Rally -- Why It Was Vastly Bigger Than The Beck Event

Peter G. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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If there's one thing that's certain about the Jon Stewart rally it's that the attendance has been grossly under-counted. This is not just sour grapes...

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Friday Talking Points [140] -- Pledging Nonsense

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The White House has been in the news this past week, mostly for who will be leaving it soon. One is tempted to insert the old "will the last to leave...

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Glenn Beck, Gai Avek

Harvey Gotliffe, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the United States, Yiddish -- that once vulnerable foreign language -- has become a venerable part of our daily idiom with a continual boost from Beck's much-despised mass media.

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Obama's "General" Wins One: The Legal and Historical Import of U.S. vs. Arizona

David Coleman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The decision in U.S. v. Arizona points to some important constitutional tensions that need to be recalled in a nation characterized by fractious Red states eager to embrace a power struggle with the government.

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