A life in movies

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Movie critic Roger Elbert's passion for film has made him a bigger star than many of the people he writes about and he has also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975. His intervening years have featured unimagined success, abiding friendships, too much booze, the death of a colleague, bouts with cancer and lasting love.

Achievements and awards, Personalities, Works, Film critics, Movie critics, Elbert, Roger

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The Don

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Chicago native Don Rumsfeld was a driven, goal-oriented, ambitious student at New Trier High School. His rise to become the youngest-ever Defense Secretary, under Gerald Ford in 1975 at age 43, and his current power under George W. Bush, are analyzed.

Illinois, History, Influence, Republican Party (United States), Vice-Presidential candidates, United States. Department of Defense, Rumsfeld, Donald H., Cheney, Dick

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The lost world of Kup

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The life of Irv Kupcinet, a 'Chicago-Sun Times' gossip columnist is described. Irv and his foulmouthed wife Essee reigned the city of Chicago as royalty but the death of his young daughter made his life empty.

Obituary, Gossip columnists, Kupcinet, Irv

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