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SoCal Sports Observed (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... a winner's circle that's simultaneously, and just as rapidly, shrinking." Calendar feature writer Robin Abcarian, who has been covering the presidential campaign, will move to the L.A. Times national desk as an L.A.-based correspondent. Another Pinkberry bites the dust. If you live in a preferential parking district, those guest passes will cost you more than ever. Writer William...
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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
PBS "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" From the transcript of Thursday's "NewsHour": JEFFREY BROWN: And, Robin, one last issue that this raises is a concern recently, even in the last few days, about whether some in the media have essentially started to treat this race like it's over. ROBIN ABCARIAN: Yes, I mean, I do think that's a legitimate concern. And I have worried about that myself....
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Robin Abcarian and Kate Linthicum 's take on Sarah Palin 's Clothesgate -- or whatever it's being called -- is pretty standard he-said-she-said, but we have to give them credit for ending on a kicker quote with which most people in this image-conscious town would have to agree: "I am an Obama supporter, but when I heard that for $150,000, they dressed her, her children and her husband,...
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Developing your Web presence (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
The beauty or scandal of the Republican vice presidential nominee's new look appears to be in the eye of the beholder's party. By Robin Abcarian and Kate Linthicum, LA Times October 23, 2008 She portrays herself in campaign appearances as an average working woman with small-town values, a hockey mom who shops at Wal-Mart, the wife of a union member who works with his hands. So the news...
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Sherman Dorn (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Robin Abcarian's L.A. Times story yesterday about Sarah Palin's college career tries to establish a contrast with the three other major-party nominees:Sen. John McCain is remembered as a passionate contrarian... Sen. Barack Obama... is remembered as a daunting scholar and calming influence. Sen. Joe Biden... is remembered fondly by professors who found him charming. Alaska Gov. Sarah...
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Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
... three states, Palin left behind few traces. Not many professors or students even remember her.By Robin Abcarian October 21, 2008 Reported from Moscow, Idaho -- What can we learn about our political stars from impressions they made in college?Sen. John McCain is remembered as a passionate contrarian who won the hearts of his classmates at the Naval Academy. Sen. Barack Obama, who attended...
