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Sweeney seeks more comment on AFL-CIO revamp
February 4, 2005WASHINGTON (PAI) — AFL-CIO President John Sweeney is seeking comments on changing the labor federation’s nature and structure. “We will undertake a full and open discussion about our future and the choices we must make together,”...
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The Woodsman
February 4, 2005Movie Review Nicole Kassel’s “The Woodsman,” starring Kevin Bacon, is a quiet and subtle exploration into the world of pedophilia and incest. And while we might want to put that as far away from us as...
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Slavery and the Making of America on PBS
February 4, 2005Coming to PBS on Feb. 9 and Feb 16 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. is the four-part series “Slavery and the Making of America,” produced by Dante James and narrated by Morgan Freeman. James has...
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Birminghams heroic children
February 4, 2005Review “Mighty Times: The Children’s March,” co-produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Home Box Office, has received an Academy Award nomination in the Best Documentary Short Subject category. It joins four other SPLC films...
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Black actors earn five Oscar nods
February 4, 2005LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six years ago, Chris Rock joked that the Academy Awards looked like the “million white man march” for its traditional under-representation of Blacks. This time, with Rock taking his maiden voyage as...
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