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  • Chicago plays host to nations library leaders as library use soars

    Chicago plays host to nations library leaders as library use soars

    July 10, 2009

    CHICAGO — As job-seekers, families and students rely on free library resources, more than 25,000 library leaders and library supporters gather July 9 – 15 here to discuss the challenges facing U.S. libraries caused by increased...

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  • Depp fills big screen, yet plot shrinks it

    Depp fills big screen, yet plot shrinks it

    July 10, 2009 By Teresa Albano

    A film expert once told me that historic “period” movies are more about current events and context than they are about that historic time or character. So I was particularly excited to see “Public Enemies.” What...

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  • Summer reading

    Summer reading

    July 10, 2009

    This eclectic list of summer reading faves from People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo readers and supporters was collected via e-mail and Facebook. Have other ideas? E-mail us ator contact us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/peoplesworld. “Can Capitalism Last? A...

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  • WORLDNOTES: Argentina, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Thailand, Puerto Rico

    WORLDNOTES: Argentina, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe, Gaza, Thailand, Puerto Rico

    July 10, 2009

    Argentina: Elections mirror economic stresses In parliamentary elections June 28 the center-left Peronist bloc headed by President Cristina Fernandez and former president Nestor Kirchner lost congressional majorities. Voting in Buenos Aires Province, home to 40 percent...

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  • RI war vet, 93, honored with Spanish citizenship

    RI war vet, 93, honored with Spanish citizenship

    July 10, 2009

    In 1937, John Hovan volunteered to travel to Spain and fight on the side of democracy against Gen. Franciso Franco's fascist forces in the Spanish Civil War. Now, at age 93, he's being honored with Spanish...

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