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October 5, 2008 - October 11, 2008 Archives

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We need an Abraham Lincoln right about now

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By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin offered a simple guide for judging which candidate -- Senator Obama or Senator McCain -- would be the best choice to be our next president: see how each candidate compares to President Abraham Lincoln. Speaking......

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 Tags  Abraham Lincoln   Civil War   Doris Kearns Goodwin   election   Goodwin   Lincoln   McCain   Obama   president   slavery  

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You be the pundit

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By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Pundit: from Dictionary.com a learned person, expert, or authority. a person who makes comments or judgments, esp. in an authoritative manner; critic or commentator. Who do you think won last night's presidential debate? The winner of a debate isn't always......

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 Tags  debate   election   McCain   Obama   president   vote  

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Could your students pass the new citizenship test?

11:23 AM Tue, Oct 07, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

In order to become a naturalized citizen of the U.S., applicants face a number of challenges, including passing a test on U.S. government, history and geography. This test draws from a pool of around 100 questions, and asks applicants up......

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 Tags  citizenship test   U.S. citizen  

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Rap your way through a U.S. history lesson

2:23 PM Mon, Oct 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Avis Gunther-Rosenberg    Email

Today's Lifebeat cover story looks at Trip to Washington , a hip-hop CD created by two Providence musicians to explain how government works. Shoeless Jeff and scott Free (a.k.a. Jeff Dujardin and Scott Geer), 23, met when they were......

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 Tags  hip-hop   Jeff Dujardin   School House Rock   Scott Free   Scott Geer   Shoeless Jeff   Smart Songs   Trip to DC   U.S. presidents  

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