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The Sequester and 4 Other Times Washington Jumped the Sharkhe roasted The Donald in front of a very large crowd. Oh, and the web. 4. The Beer Summit Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates , Jr . was arrested in July 2009 by a Cambridge, Mass. police officer who was responding to a call about a potential
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Robin Roberts on Ebony Magazine's Power 100 List for 2012
author Toni Morrison, the Rev. T.D. Jakes, entertainers Beyonce and her husband Jay Z., writer and educator Henry Louis Gates , Jr ., and NBC drama programming executive Pearlena Igbokwe are also named. Also on the list is Trayvon Martin
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Brewing issue: What beer should President Obama drink?
spotlight before. It was President Obama's beer of choice for a 2009 White House beer summit with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr . and policeman James Crowley. But the choice may come as a surprise to some beer fans, who might expect President
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Snapshot of a Decade
The release of the records will be a "great contribution to American society" according to Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates . "It's such a rare gift, especially for people who believe that establishing their family trees is important for understanding
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Palling Around With Obama's Radicals
any other connection? Actually, yes! Remember Henry Louis Gates Jr ., the Harvard professor who was arrested by the From that 1992 Times interview: "He is angry at Henry Louis Gates Jr ., a Harvard professor who wrote a long article in
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Biden on a Beer Can: Obama Campaign Hawks VP-Themed Koozie
2009. President Obama and Biden then hosted Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley and Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr . for beer and conversation after a high-profile spat about racial profiling. Obama drank a Bud Light, while
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Anheuser-Busch Moves to Trademark Area Codes: Set to Roll Out the Goose Island Barrel Nationally?held his teachable moment on the White House lawn, popularly called the "beer summit," with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates , Jr ., Cambridge, Mass., police Sgt. James Crowley and Vice President Joe Biden; two of the four beers served
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Royal Palace Guard Suspended After Nasty Kate Middleton Facebook Postofficial resigned in July 2009 over comments posted to Facebook about the controversial arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr . At the time, City Hall News reported that Lee Landor, deputy press secretary for Manhattan Borough President
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Today’s Q’s for O’s WH 7/29/10
wasn't said, rationally. I said that all a week ago. de Nies: But if the conversation on race was worth having for Henry Louis Gates , why is it not worth having and being a leader on that now? MR. GIBBS: I don't think the president has to be the
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'Faces of America' Traces Famous Genealogytelevision or in the anchor's chair, but where do America's most prominent people come from? That's the question scholar Henry Louis Gates set out to answer in a new series appropriately called " Faces of America ," which traces the genealogy of famous Americans
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'Faces of America' on 'GMA'
This morning you saw Henry Louis Gates on “GMA.” The Harvard University professor discussed “Faces of America,” the new PBS series he hosts and which traces
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Racism in Obama's America One Year Later
and Friends" said the president was racist in late July. While discussing the arrest of black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr ., Beck said Obama had repeatedly shown that he is "a guy who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the
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State of the Union Not Immune From Racial Innuendoand Friends" said the president was racist in late July. While discussing the arrest of black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr ., Beck said Obama had repeatedly shown that he is "a guy who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the
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Obama Gives Speeches, Interviews But Few Press Conferences
House since July 22, the night he said that the Cambridge Police "acted stupidly" in the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates . Since then, the president has delivered dozens of speeches and taken a few questions from reporters while with world
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Racial Referee? Critics Charge President Obama With Playing Favorites
the debate about whether Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley's arrest of renowned Harvard University scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr . was a case of racial profiling. "The Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already
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The Top 10 Quotes of 2009
The Cambridge police acted stupidly." Obama, commenting on a white police officer's arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr . at his home in Cambridge, Mass., at a news conference July 22. 6. "I'm going to let you finish, but
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Vindication for Thorbjørn Jagland
Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates and Cambridge Police Department Sgt. James Crowley were spotted at the "River Gods" pub Wednesday night, Boston's WBZ reports . - jpt
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The Harvard Professor & Cambridge Officer Go for Second Round
professor and Cambridge police officer have gotten together for a second round. A local TV station reports that Harvard’s Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley were seen hanging at a local pub. You’ll recall the racially charged altercation the two found
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U.K. Supermarket Pulls Ads From Fox News Over Glenn Beck Remarks
Beck’s accusations came in light of Obama’s reaction to African American Harvard University scholar, Henry Louis Gates Jr .’s, arrest by a white police officer on July 16th. In response to the arrest, Obama commented that the Cambridge
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Obama's Strong Disapproval
Congress last week. That hardly seems an endorsement of this sort of invective. As the July incident involving Prof. Henry Louis Gates Jr . underscored, racial sensitivities remain a real issue in this country, and as we’ve reported separately
