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Going beyond downtown Portland for cultural sights
Not all of Portland's visual-art attractions are in the downtown core, but they're still easily reachable by foot or mass transit. If you're up for crossing a bridge over the Willamette River or heading toward the hills on the western horizon, you'll be...Tags: Religion and Belief, Arts, LEGO Group, Museum of Science and Industry, Judaism
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The 21st century comes to old Munich
MUNICH — This is one of those towns that seems friendly but isn't.
It offers beer, but its heart is cold.
Personally, I like the real Munich better than the jolly stereotype. I like the incredible modern museums, the overly complex rules and...Tags: Human Interest, Artists, Heart Failure, Fine Artists, Religion and Belief
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Kyoto mixes modern and ancient with success
KYOTO, Japan — The videos fill up space on YouTube, the photos running for page after page on Google Images. Japan as a place of death and destruction, massive brown-blue waves, shaking high-rises, collapsed cities.
The earthquake in March 2011 has...Tags: Customs and Tradition, Hotels and Accommodations, Starbucks Corp., Japan, Arts
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Palaces, Harry Potter sites and WWII reminders line Germany's Romantic Road
HOHENSCHWANGAU, Germany — I was driving along the Romantic Road when I realized a few things. For one, bombs cannot kill cities. For another, eccentrics sometimes create masterpieces. For a third, except for the plague and witch hunts, the olden...Tags: Tour Operations Industry, Walt Disney, Religion and Belief, Rentals, England
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Spirit of Norman Rockwell pervades Stockbridge in Massachusetts' Berkshires
STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — The best thing about Stockbridge is the Norman Rockwell Museum. And the best thing about the Norman Rockwell Museum is its focus on American illustrators.
This month, the museum showcased art from animators who created the film...Tags: Housatonic River, Entertainment, Arts, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Personal Service
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Cruising the Danube through Hungary, Germany and Austria
BUDAPEST, Hungary — There's an easier way to see Europe than being crammed on a tourist bus or hustling hostels at the end of the day. A river cruise is one of the most relaxing and picturesque ways to view the wonders the continent, up close and...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hotels and Accommodations, Austria, Vienna (Austria), Travel
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PASSINGS: Henri Dutilleux, Harold Shapero, Vernon McGarity
Henri Dutilleux French composer of modernist music Henri Dutilleux, 97, a highly regarded French composer of modernist music, died Thursday in Paris, said his publisher, Schott Music. The cause was not given. Considered one of the most important...
Tags: Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Entertainment, Armed Forces, Culture
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Preserving D-day memories with a tattered flag
FrameworkThe assignment seemed routine — a portrait of couple for a story about personal finance. But as I was soon reminded, sometimes an interesting, if not extraordinary, story lurks just beneath the surface. Such are the regular discoveries of a... -
Cromwell Veteran Recalls Battle Of The Bulge
The Hartford CourantJames Scovill never talked about his service during World War II much, and only recently started opening up to his children. Scovill, 91, fought in the Battle of the Bulge in Germany during the winter of 1944-45. His service in one of the great war's...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Germany, U.S. Army, Memorial Day, Armed Forces
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Artist Kapoor draws on Berlin's dark history in new show
Reuters* Anish Kapoor stages first major exhibit in Berlin * Includes many artworks created for the show * Kapoor attacks British government for not supporting arts By Sarah Marsh BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Blood-red bricks of wax are shifted by conveyor...Tags: Artists, Entertainment, India, United Kingdom, Religion and Belief
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Standouts among Hollywood's many attempts to portray the conflict
The Orange County Register(EDITORS: Monday is Memorial Day, when we honor the dead from America's wars. To mark the anniversary, Orange County Register Travel Editor Gary A. Warner, the newspaper's one-time military reporter, offers his updated list of the best World War II...Tags: Human Interest, The Best Years of Our Lives (movie), Entertainment, Memorial Day, Religion and Belief
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Richard Miller McQuade, 94, of Stoystown
Richard Miller McQuade, 94, of Stoystown died May 15, 2013 at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. Born Nov. 28, 1918 in Berlin, son of Andrew and Eva Ellen (Miller) McQuade. Preceded in death by parents, step mother Anna (Romesberg) McQuade, half...Tags: Human Interest, Awards and Prizes, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Original site for World War II (1939-1945) topic gallery.
