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Book review: Notre Dame vs The Klan - Todd Tucker

In the years after World War One, the Ku Klux Klan enjoyed a trememndous surge in membership, to the point where they became a political force. This was true nowhere more than Indiana; in 1924, a Klan member won the Republican nomination for, and subsequently elected to, the governor's chair. With...

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Book review: The Perfect Mile - Neal Bascomb

In the period after the 1952 Olympics, the track and field world was dominated by two questions: Can man break the four-minute mile (some at the time thought the effort would kill athletes)? If so, who would do it? Focus soon shifted on the latter and three college students: Roger Bannister (Great...

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Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

A film by Chris Columbus This is the second Harry Potter film and is the sequel to 2001 s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer s Stone . Like the first film, this one is also based on the book of the same title by J.K. Rowling. Also like the first film, this movie adaptation is faithful to the novel....

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Book Review: The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri

The Namesake is the debut novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. She has previously written the Pulitzer Prize winning short story collection The Interpreter of Maladies . This is the story of immigrants from India and is also the story of their son, Gogol Ganguli. Ashoke and Ashima are married in India in...

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Movie Review: The Passion of the Christ (2004)

A film by Mel Gibson "The Passion of the Christ" focuses on the last hours of the life of Jesus of Nazareth (Jim Caviezel). The film begins in the Garden of Getheseme where Jesus is betrayed by Judas for thirty pieces of silver. It ends with the crucifixion at Calvary. The bulk of the film is...

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Movie Review: Police Academy 3 - Back in Training (1986)

A film by Jerry Paris If you have seen any of the Police Academy movies, you know exactly what you are going to get with Police Academy 3: Back in Training . This is a screwball comedy dealing with the police force and a police academy. All of the major protagonists are very likable...

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Movie Review: Ike: Countdown to D-Day

Produced and shown by A&E Network. This film gets into the mindset of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) in the months, weeks, days and hours leading up to the infamous D-Day invasion of Normandy, France. Tom Selleck played the title role and did an outstanding job portraying Ike. I found the...

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Book Review: The Stone Cold Truth - Steve Austin

Stone Cold Steve Austin is, arguably, one of the most popular professional wrestlers of all time. Without question, he is one of the most successful in the World Wrestling Federation (currently World Wrestling Entertainment). He has sold more merchandise and sold out more arenas than any other...

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Book Review: Babylon Rising - Tim LaHaye, Greg Dinallo

Tim LaHaye is the creator of the best selling Left Behind series. This is another book (the first in a series) that is based on biblical prophecy. The Left Behind books were based on the prophecies of Revelation. Babylon Rising is based on the prophecies found in the book of Daniel. The other main...

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Book Review: Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb

Book 1 of the Farseer Trilogy Assassin s Apprentice is the story of Fitz, the illegitimate son of Prince Chivalry. At age six, he is put into the care of the Prince s man, Burrich. Fitz does not speak much and he has no memory of his mother or father. It is because Fitz was born that Chivalry...

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