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    Ernest Hemingway

    Mary Dearborn talked about her book, Ernest Hemingway, A Biography, with Bill Kurtis, founder and executive producer of Kurtis Productions. This event was part of the Chicago Tribune Printer…

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    Mary Todd Lincoln Retrial

    Chicago judges retried Mary Todd Lincoln under 2012 Illinois law and asked the audience to decide if she should have been involuntarily committed to an asylum. In 1875, ten years after she l…

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    Re-Trial of Mary Surratt

    The April 1865 plot to assassinate President Lincoln was planned in part at a boarding house owned and operated by Mary Surratt. She was tried by a military tribunal where she was not given …

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    The Death Penalty on Trial: American Justice

    Bill Kurtis talks about this book The Death Penalty on Trial: Crisis in American Justice, published by PublicAffairs. The host of A&E’s American Justice re-examined his support of the death…

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    One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko

    Participants talked about the life and career of columnist Mike Royko and about the book One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko, which was a collection of his columns.

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    How Leaders Define Themselves

    Panelists talked about the humble backgrounds of political leaders and how this contributed to their careers. They analyzed how various presidents, especially Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, T…

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    Democratic Convention Session Preview

    The guests discussed media coverage of the convention and campaign issues. Live shots of the convention floor were shown and some delegates were interviewed. Telephone lines were opened for …

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    Chicago Nightly Newscast

    This news simulcast covered the Illinois primary elections. They focused on the Democratic primary for the 5th Congressional District of Congressman Dan Rostenkowski and the Republican prima…

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    Democratic Candidates Debate

    Democratic Presidential candidates debated campaign issues such as crime, unemployment, and the economy before the Michigan and Illinois primary elections.

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